The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily
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1291: Our Bodies by Michael Bazzett
5 mins; February 10, 2025
1290: Statement of Teaching Philosophy by Keith Leonard
5 mins; February 07, 2025
1289: Things I Want to Tell You About California by Barbara Costas-Biggs
5 mins; February 06, 2025
1288: A Drink in the Night by Deborah Garrison
5 mins; February 05, 2025
1287: Astronomers Locate a New Planet by Matthew Olzmann
5 mins; February 04, 2025
1286: Reasons to Live by Ruth Awad
4 mins; February 03, 2025
1285: It Too Remains by Glyn Maxwell
5 mins; January 31, 2025
1284: When You Rise from the Dead I Drive You to the After Party by Melissa Studdard
5 mins; January 30, 2025
1283: A Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart by Pádraig Ó Tuama
4 mins; January 29, 2025
1282: Third Week of Ramadan by Sahar Romani
6 mins; January 28, 2025
1281: I Want to Die by Tariq Luthun
6 mins; January 27, 2025
1280: If by Imtiaz Dharker
5 mins; January 24, 2025
1279: Ode to My Mama and “The Purple Dress,” circa 1992-1993 by Brittany Rogers
5 mins; January 23, 2025
1278: things people like to share: by Nuar Alsadir
5 mins; January 22, 2025
1277: Self-Portrait as Kendrick Lamar, Laughing to the Bank by Ashanti Anderson
5 mins; January 21, 2025
1276: To Be Longing by Elizabeth Willis
6 mins; January 20, 2025
1275: Love Language by Angela Narciso Torres
6 mins; January 17, 2025
1274: Ennui by Luis G. Dato
5 mins; January 16, 2025
1273: Sorrow Ghazal by Mary Elder Jacobsen
6 mins; January 15, 2025
1272: The Paper Nautilus by Marianne Moore
5 mins; January 14, 2025
1271: Refuge by Nehassaiu deGannes
6 mins; January 13, 2025
1270: The Gift to Sing by James Weldon Johnson
5 mins; January 10, 2025
1269: Grace by Orlando Ricardo Menes
5 mins; January 09, 2025
1268: The Pacific by Jennifer Jean
5 mins; January 08, 2025
1267: What the Body Gives Away by Saba Keramati
5 mins; January 07, 2025
1266: Echo by Christina Rossetti
5 mins; January 06, 2025
[encore] 1006: Something Sweet by Hannah Lowe
5 mins; January 03, 2025
[encore] 964: abundance of light by erica lewis
5 mins; January 02, 2025
[encore] 1032: Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me by Jane Hirshfield
5 mins; January 01, 2025
[encore] 1184: End of December by Ashjan Hendi, translated by Moneera Al-Ghadeer
5 mins; December 31, 2024
[encore] 845: Dear Future Me (#12) by Lena Moses-Schmitt
6 mins; December 30, 2024
[encore] 1026: Ode to Bones by Lynne Thompson
6 mins; December 27, 2024
[encore] 908: After the Farm was Sold to FedEx by Carlie Hoffman
5 mins; December 26, 2024
[encore] 1122: Childhood by David Baker
5 mins; December 25, 2024
[encore] 1022: Two Shadows by Maurice Manning
5 mins; December 24, 2024
[encore] 1163: Voice Clear As by Kemi Alabi
4 mins; December 23, 2024
1265: Gorgon Loves Googie's by Rebecca Morgan Frank
5 mins; December 20, 2024
1264: The Room is a Rectangle by Marianne Chan
5 mins; December 19, 2024
1263: Film Theory by Xan Forest Phillips
5 mins; December 18, 2024
1262: The Future of Terror / 1 by Matthea Harvey
5 mins; December 17, 2024
1261: Immersive by Joseph Millar
4 mins; December 16, 2024
1260: Fade Away by Amorak Huey
6 mins; December 13, 2024
1259: When you have to kill everybody in the room by Niki Herd
5 mins; December 12, 2024
1258: The Trees by Jericho Brown
5 mins; December 11, 2024
1257: Time || Immemorial by Daniel Simon
5 mins; December 10, 2024
1256: A Dominican Poem by Danielle Legros Georges
6 mins; December 09, 2024
1255: The Presence in Absence by Linda Gregg
5 mins; December 06, 2024
1254: That's My Heart Right There by Willie Perdomo
4 mins; December 05, 2024
1253: On the Death of a Young Lady Five Years of Age, a reinscription by Aracelis Girmay
5 mins; December 04, 2024
1252: The Canonization by John Donne
5 mins; December 03, 2024
1251: On Living by Nâzim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk
6 mins; December 02, 2024
1250: 52 Blue by Sappho Stanley
5 mins; November 29, 2024
1249: Farmers' Market by Molly Fisk
4 mins; November 28, 2024
1248: Listening to Monk's Misterioso I Remember Braiding My Sisters' Hair by Christopher Gilbert
6 mins; November 27, 2024
1247: A Garden and a Street by Teresa Cader
5 mins; November 26, 2024
1246: Big Purple Peonies by Margaret Ross
5 mins; November 25, 2024
1245: Telescope by Louise GlĂĽck
5 mins; November 22, 2024
1244: Poem by Frank O'Hara
5 mins; November 21, 2024
1243: Waiting for the Annular Eclipse by Rhoni Blankenhorn
5 mins; November 20, 2024
1242: Aleppo by Hala Alyan
6 mins; November 19, 2024
1241: Brooklyn is for Breakups by Chen Chen
5 mins; November 18, 2024
1240: Mother of the English Language by Nicole Arocho Hernández
5 mins; November 15, 2024
1239: My Father Flying by Jan Beatty
5 mins; November 14, 2024
1238: Forgiveness Rock Record by Tawanda Mulalu
5 mins; November 13, 2024
1237: Shadow Play by Jessica Fisher
5 mins; November 12, 2024
1236: Letter to a Young Poet by Megan Fernandes
5 mins; November 11, 2024
1235: On Being by Ruben Quesada
5 mins; November 08, 2024
1234: Mami Told Me to Put Water under the Bed by Peggy Robles-Alvarado
6 mins; November 07, 2024
1233: Trans Loneliness by Rickey Laurentiis
5 mins; November 06, 2024
1232: A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto RĂ­os
6 mins; November 05, 2024
1231: Gala Noise by Diane Mehta
5 mins; November 04, 2024
1230: Second Paradise by Chard deNiord
6 mins; November 01, 2024
1229: Refugia by Traci Brimhall
5 mins; October 31, 2024
1228: Shelf Life by Nathan Xavier Osorio
5 mins; October 30, 2024
1227: Genetics by Sinead Morrissey
5 mins; October 29, 2024
1226: The Devouring Economy of Nature by Daniel Borzutzky
6 mins; October 28, 2024
1225: After Vallejo by A.B. Spellman
5 mins; October 25, 2024
1224: Here We Are by Lauren K. Watel
5 mins; October 24, 2024
1223: Between You and You by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
5 mins; October 23, 2024
1222: Post- by Corey Van Landingham
6 mins; October 22, 2024
1221: Home Movies: A Sort of Ode by Mary Jo Salter
5 mins; October 21, 2024
1220: Taking Stock by Elaine Equi
5 mins; October 18, 2024
1219: from "Elegy for the Times" by Adonis, translated by Robyn Creswell
6 mins; October 17, 2024
1218: Vulture by Ted Kooser
5 mins; October 16, 2024
1217: Abide by Jake Adam York
5 mins; October 15, 2024
1216: oracle by Duriel E. Harris
5 mins; October 14, 2024
1215: The Clearing by Jane Kenyon
5 mins; October 11, 2024
1214: Grading Rubric by Antonio de JesĂşs LĂłpez
6 mins; October 10, 2024
1213: Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman
7 mins; October 09, 2024
1212: Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas
6 mins; October 08, 2024
1211: The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert
5 mins; October 07, 2024
1210: Negro Hero (to Suggest Dorie Miller) by Gwendolyn Brooks
10 mins; October 04, 2024
1209: Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare
7 mins; October 03, 2024
1208: Gravelly Run by A. R. Ammons
6 mins; October 02, 2024
1207: from "Spring and All" by William Carlos Williams
10 mins; October 01, 2024
1206: Birches by Robert Frost
9 mins; September 30, 2024
1205: Leaving by Madeleine Cravens
7 mins; September 27, 2024
1204: The Joseph Cornell App by David Roderick
5 mins; September 26, 2024
1203: This Living by Amber Tamblyn
6 mins; September 25, 2024