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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and the lives of others, to help us live creatively and compassionately, to use that attention to lean into wonder, and joy, and truth, and to find hope — to keep hoping. The Slowdown community knows that reflecting on a poem, every weekday, can connect us to our inner world and the world around us. Listen as you make your morning coffee, as you
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1465: Or am I a room with a roof taken off, still...
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2026/02/26
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1462: Perspective, Coyoacán by Corey Van Landingham
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2026/02/23
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1457: an excerpt from THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE...
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2026/02/16
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1453: Closing Time; Iskandariya by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
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2026/02/10
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1452: A Backstory Beyond My Recounting by Paulann...
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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2026/02/09
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1454: Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a...
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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2026/02/08
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1451: Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
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2026/02/06
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1435: ars poetica, 2019 by Airea D. Matthews
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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2026/01/15
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1434: Waiting for the Call I Am by Wyatt Townley
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2026/01/14
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