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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- 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
- 1345: Arrangements by Adrienne Chung 04.09.2025
- 1344: Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich 03.09.2025
- 1343: /’mīgrent/ by Tiana Nobile 02.09.2025
- 1342: And Then It Was Less Bleak Because We Said So by Wendy Xu 01.09.2025
- 1341: Lake by Noah Falck 29.08.2025
- 1340: From the Sky by Sara Abou Rashed 28.08.2025
- 1339: Wind-Related Ripple in the Wheatfield by Mikko Harvey 27.08.2025
- 1338: Are you bringing fruits, plants, seeds, by Karen Llagas 26.08.2025
- 1337: New York Address by Linda Gregg 25.08.2025
- 1336: I Find Myself Defending Pigeons by Keith S. Wilson 22.08.2025
- 1335: Bonfire Opera by Danusha Laméris 21.08.2025
- 1334: Étude by Amy Gerstler 20.08.2025
- 1333: Crossing the Line by E. Ethelbert Miller 19.08.2025
- 1332: Tea by Leila Chatti 18.08.2025
- [encore] 784: Sex Without Love by Sharon Olds 15.08.2025
