The Slowdown

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

“A true break from the cacophony of life.”

- Alice Florence Orr from Podcast Review
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January 27, 2023
801: Landscape with Things
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801: Landscape with Things

January 27, 2023

Today’s poem is Landscape with Things by Alexandria Hall.

800: We Wear the Mask

January 26, 2023

Today’s poem is We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar

799: Fragment (Stone)

January 25, 2023

Today’s poem is Fragment (Stone) by Ann Lauterbach.

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

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