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After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes, Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair. 


A Farewell to Major Jackson

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1414: This dark is the same dark as when you close by R.A. Villanueva

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Today’s poem is  R.A. Villanueva.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem is one about parents and children, bedtime fears, and the ways we communicate love and safety. It references a lyric from a song I love: “Not Strong Enough” by the band boygenius.” 
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1413: On Proliferation by Cass Donish

Today’s poem is On Proliferation by Cass Donish. 


Today’s poem is On Proliferation by Cass Donish.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “As a poet, I think one of my personal stages of grief is writing. When I experience deep loss, there is a part of me that needs to try to articulate that loss. I wouldn’t say that writing about loss is healing; writing doesn’t restore who or what’s been lost. There are distances we can’t cross, things we can’t fully understand. But we try, with language. And there is honor in the trying.” 
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1412: Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story) by Amorak Huey

Today’s poem is Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story) by Amorak Huey. 


Today’s poem is Ledge (ars poetica) (love poem) (true story) by Amorak Huey.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Today’s poem calls itself an ars poetica, a love poem, and a true story. That’s a lot of work for one poem to do—a lot of layers of meaning! But this poet does speak to the precarity of it all: writing, and loving, and living.“ 
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A Farewell to Major Jackson

Supported in Part by National Endowment for the Arts

Produced in Partnership With the Poetry Foundation

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Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table