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 go on a walk in your neighborhood, as you pull away from the to-do list, as you resist the dismal, endless scroll to share five minutes of perspective through the lens of poetry, from poets old and new, well-loved and emerging onto the scene. Brought to you by American Public Media, in partnership with the Poetry Foundation.
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- 1365: Noise Cancelling by Devon Walker-Figueroa 02.10.2025
- 1364: Hiking Moraine State Park by Violeta Garcia-Mendoza 01.10.2025
- 1363: Notes on Beachgrass by Yong-Yu Huang 30.09.2025
- 1362: For You Who Have Loved Old Dogs by Silas House 29.09.2025
- 1361: Earth, Sometimes I Try to Play It Casual, by Catherine Pierce 26.09.2025
- 1360: Wind, Blue Sky by Susan Aizenberg 25.09.2025
- 1359: Lotioning My Mother’s Back by Ama Codjoe 24.09.2025
- 1358: Parts of a Body House by Erika Meitner 23.09.2025
- 1357: Country Night by Laura Newbern 22.09.2025
- 1356: The Song of Songs of Songs of Songs by Jeremy Radin 19.09.2025
- 1355: Rancho Bar by Margot Kahn 18.09.2025
- 1354: Checkout by Caroline Bird 17.09.2025
- 1353: Alive at the End of the World by Saeed Jones 16.09.2025
- 1352: Blue by Jodie Hollander 15.09.2025
- 1351: The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi 12.09.2025
- 1350: Real Estate by Richard Siken 11.09.2025
- 1349: Sati by Vandana Khanna 10.09.2025
- 1348: Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye 09.09.2025
- 1347: Animal Prudence by Kathy Fagan 08.09.2025
- 1346: The Difficult Countryside by John Gallaher 05.09.2025
