The Slowdown
Host Ada Limón delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. In just one turn of phrase, poetry can anchor us, or shift a moment, a day, or even a whole life. Join us for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by American Public Media in partnership with The Poetry Foundation.
Episodes
Today’s poem is The Point by C. Dale Young.
Today’s poem is The Years That The Days and Months Turned Into by Shafer Hall.
Today’s poem is Self-Care by Solmaz Sharif.
Today’s poem is You're the One I Wanna Watch the Last Ships Go Down With by Brian Tierney.
Today’s poem is Practicing by Ciona Rouse.
Today’s poem is Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez.
Today’s poem is [chiasmus with all the other animals] by Brenda Hillman.
Today’s poem is My Ornithology (Orange-crowned Warbler) by Hai-Dang Phan
Today’s poem is New Town by Aleksandar Hemon
Today’s poem is The Cattle Dog by Jenn Givhan
Today’s poem is September by Alexis Sears.
Today’s poem is Think of Me, Laughing by Major Jackson
Today’s poem is Blueberries for Cal by Brenda Shaughnessy
Today’s poem is Lament by Barbara Jane Reyes.
Today’s poem is Now That You've Met God, Where to Go From Here by Anthony Aguero
Today’s poem is Against Mastery by Brionne Janae.
Today’s poem is Metro-North by Jason Barry.
Today’s poem is Prayer Beginning with a Line by Czaykowski by Pablo Piñero Stillmann.
Today’s poem is The Evening Meeting by Matthew Zapruder.
Today’s poem is To Be in Love by Gwendolyn Brooks.
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