The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

A podcast by American Public Media

1542 Episodes

325: If You're Going to Look Like a Wolf They Have to Love You More Than They Fear You
Published: 2/21/2020
324: Of Being Sick and Tired
Published: 2/20/2020
323: An excerpt from Personal Effects
Published: 2/19/2020
322: Northeast Corridor
Published: 2/18/2020
321: Inheritance
Published: 2/17/2020
320: How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This
Published: 2/14/2020
319: A Year Dot
Published: 2/13/2020
318: Hurricane
Published: 2/12/2020
317: Meditation on Beauty
Published: 2/11/2020
316: He Dreams of Falling
Published: 2/10/2020
315: I Will Love You Most When I Can Barely Remember Anything
Published: 2/7/2020
314: Domestic
Published: 2/6/2020
313: Abeyance
Published: 2/5/2020
312: Return
Published: 2/4/2020
311: Listen,
Published: 2/3/2020
310: Mother Mind
Published: 1/31/2020
309: Ships That Pass in the Night
Published: 1/30/2020
308: Let Me Tell You
Published: 1/29/2020
307: Pomegranate Means Grenade
Published: 1/28/2020
306: Essay on Reentry
Published: 1/27/2020

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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.