Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. <br/> <br/>The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Make us a part of your routine as you drink coffee in the morning, as you take a walk in nature, or as you wind down to go to sleep in the evening. With host Major Jackson, we collectively take a moment to calm, to inspire, to learn, and to engage with the best emerging poets and established writers of our time and generations past, from Emily Dickinson to Danez Smith, from Amanda Gorman to Mary Oliver. <br/> <br/>Listen to our back catalog for episodes by our previous hosts, Tracy K. Smith and Ada Limón, as well as guest hosts Jenny Xie, Brenda Shaughnessy, Tina Chang, Nate Marshall, Shira Erlichiman, and Jason Schneiderman. Our hosts and production team select poems that move them, and we hope they move you, too.

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1239: My Father Flying by Jan Beatty 2024-11-14
1238: Forgiveness Rock Record by Tawanda Mulalu 2024-11-13
1237: Shadow Play by Jessica Fisher 2024-11-12
1236: Letter to a Young Poet by Megan Fernandes 2024-11-11
1235: On Being by Ruben Quesada 2024-11-08
1234: Mami Told Me to Put Water under the Bed by Peggy Robles-Alvarado 2024-11-07
1233: Trans Loneliness by Rickey Laurentiis 2024-11-06
1232: A House Called Tomorrow by Alberto Ríos 2024-11-05
1231: Gala Noise by Diane Mehta 2024-11-04
1230: Second Paradise by Chard deNiord 2024-11-01
1229: Refugia by Traci Brimhall 2024-10-31
1228: Shelf Life by Nathan Xavier Osorio 2024-10-30
1227: Genetics by Sinead Morrissey 2024-10-29
1226: The Devouring Economy of Nature by Daniel Borzutzky 2024-10-28
1225: After Vallejo by A.B. Spellman 2024-10-25
1224: Here We Are by Lauren K. Watel 2024-10-24
1223: Between You and You by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem 2024-10-23
1222: Post- by Corey Van Landingham 2024-10-22
1221: Home Movies: A Sort of Ode by Mary Jo Salter 2024-10-21
1220: Taking Stock by Elaine Equi 2024-10-18
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