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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

by American Public Media

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, endl

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  1. 1386: [encore] Night of the Living, Night of the Dead by Kim Addonizio Oct 30, 2026 · 6 min
  2. 1363: [encore] Notes on Beachgrass by Yong-Yu Huang Oct 29, 2026 · 6 min
  3. 1360: [encore] Wind, Blue Sky by Susan Aizenberg Oct 28, 2026 · 6 min
  4. 1354: [encore] Checkout by Caroline Bird Oct 27, 2026 · 5 min
  5. 1352: [encore] Blue by Jodie Hollander Oct 26, 2026 · 6 min
  6. 1351: [encore] The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi Oct 23, 2026 · 6 min
  7. 1350: [encore] Real Estate by Richard Siken Oct 22, 2026 · 5 min
  8. 1349: [encore] Sati by Vandana Khanna Oct 21, 2026 · 6 min
  9. 1345: [encore] Arrangements by Adrienne Chung Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min
  10. 1344: [encore] Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich Oct 19, 2026 · 5 min

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