1545 Episodes

  1. 1351: The Happy Middle by Hedgie Choi

    Published: 12/09/2025

  2. 1350: Real Estate by Richard Siken

    Published: 11/09/2025

  3. 1349: Sati by Vandana Khanna

    Published: 10/09/2025

  4. 1348: Valentine for Ernest Mann by Naomi Shihab Nye

    Published: 9/09/2025

  5. 1347: Animal Prudence by Kathy Fagan

    Published: 8/09/2025

  6. 1346: The Difficult Countryside by John Gallaher

    Published: 5/09/2025

  7. 1345: Arrangements by Adrienne Chung

    Published: 4/09/2025

  8. 1344: Cento Between the Ending and the End by Cameron Awkward-Rich

    Published: 3/09/2025

  9. 1343: /’mīgrent/ by Tiana Nobile

    Published: 2/09/2025

  10. 1342: And Then It Was Less Bleak Because We Said So by Wendy Xu

    Published: 1/09/2025

  11. 1341: Lake by Noah Falck

    Published: 29/08/2025

  12. 1340: From the Sky by Sara Abou Rashed

    Published: 28/08/2025

  13. 1339: Wind-Related Ripple in the Wheatfield by Mikko Harvey

    Published: 27/08/2025

  14. 1338: Are you bringing fruits, plants, seeds, by Karen Llagas

    Published: 26/08/2025

  15. 1337: New York Address by Linda Gregg

    Published: 25/08/2025

  16. 1336: I Find Myself Defending Pigeons by Keith S. Wilson

    Published: 22/08/2025

  17. 1335: Bonfire Opera by Danusha Laméris

    Published: 21/08/2025

  18. 1334: Étude by Amy Gerstler

    Published: 20/08/2025

  19. 1333: Crossing the Line by E. Ethelbert Miller

    Published: 19/08/2025

  20. 1332: Tea by Leila Chatti

    Published: 18/08/2025

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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.

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