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1213: Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman

Today’s poem is Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. 


Today’s poem is Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “The beauty of poetry is its diversity and how it gives us an opportunity to feel language, rather than the poem acting only as a substitute for a Hallmark card or occasion for a punchline.” 
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1212: Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas

Today’s poem is Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas.


Today’s poem is Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “To borrow a phrase, love calls us to the things of this world. But as today’s brilliant poem reminds us, in our search for happiness, we find our worth in relation to our freedom and societal expectations. We learn to self-affirm in our search for joy.” 
Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp 

1211: The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert

Today’s poem is The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. 


Today’s poem is The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert. 
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Inadequacy is built into the enterprise of speaking; we struggle to say exactly what we need to say — if we even know what we need to say.“ Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp 

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1213: Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman

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1211: The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert

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1213: Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman

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1211: The Forgotten Dialect of the Heart by Jack Gilbert

Get a poem handpicked by Major Jackson every weekday. The email includes an abridged version of Major’s introduction.

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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation

Special Guest Hosted Episodes

Other APM Podcasts

Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table