1560 Episodes

  1. 441: I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store

    Published: 8/3/2020

  2. 440: Miz Rosa Rides the Bus

    Published: 7/31/2020

  3. 439: Early Sunday Morning

    Published: 7/30/2020

  4. 438: (First Trimester)

    Published: 7/29/2020

  5. 437: Forgetfulness

    Published: 7/28/2020

  6. 436: Happiness

    Published: 7/27/2020

  7. 435: Inheritance

    Published: 7/24/2020

  8. 434: For the Woman on Main Street Stopping to Pull Up Her Pantyhose

    Published: 7/23/2020

  9. 433: In Praise of My Threaded Eyebrows

    Published: 7/22/2020

  10. 432: They Feed They Lion

    Published: 7/21/2020

  11. 431: Better or Worse

    Published: 7/20/2020

  12. 430: Fish Heads

    Published: 7/17/2020

  13. 429: Bliss Point or What Can Best Be Achieved by Cheese

    Published: 7/16/2020

  14. 428: Oxtail Stew

    Published: 7/15/2020

  15. 427: Butter

    Published: 7/14/2020

  16. 426: Lesson: Chicken Soup

    Published: 7/13/2020

  17. 425: Frequently Asked Questions: #7

    Published: 7/10/2020

  18. 424: A Mother's Mouth Illuminated

    Published: 7/9/2020

  19. 423: poem for palm pressed upon pane

    Published: 7/8/2020

  20. 422: The End of Science Fiction

    Published: 7/7/2020

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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.