The Slowdown

The Slowdown
A poem and a moment of reflection every weekday.

“This is a literary once-a-day multivitamin.”

- Electric Literature
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May 23, 2022
680: The Years That The Days and Months Turned Into
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680: The Years That The Days and Months Turned Into

May 23, 2022

Today’s poem is The Years That The Days and Months Turned Into by Shafer Hall.

679: Self-Care

May 20, 2022

Today’s poem is Self-Care by Solmaz Sharif.

678: You're the One I Wanna Watch the Last Ships Go Down With

May 19, 2022

Today’s poem is You're the One I Wanna Watch the Last Ships Go Down With by Brian Tierney.

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Meet our new host: Ada Limón

Ada Limón is the author of 5 poetry collections and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

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