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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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1454: Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris

Today’s poem is Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris. 


Today’s poem is Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Samiya Bashir writes… “Everyone is a hero to someone, or a beauty, or a problem, or all of the above. Today’s poem acknowledges exactly that with a brutal, identifiable honesty. But what this poet insists that we remember is how we are all, also, even if not loved, then so, so very lovable.” 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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1453: Closing Time; Iskandariya by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

Today’s poem is Closing Time; Iskandariya by Brigit Pegeen Kelly. 


Today’s poem is Closing Time; Iskandariya by Brigit Pegeen Kelly. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Samiya Bashir writes… “Today’s poem, in ways that I aspire to in my own writing life, manages to take a deep breath in and collapse two thousand years of danger into a single moment of misunderstanding.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp 

1452: A Backstory Beyond My Recounting by Paulann Petersen

Today’s poem is A Backstory Beyond My Recounting by Paulann Petersen. 


Today’s poem is A Backstory Beyond My Recounting by Paulann Petersen. 
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Samiya Bashir writes… “Today’s poem asks who we think we are. That existential question can feel like judgment or threat, but the poet turns it back toward the daily realities of our own agency.” 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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1454: Katherine with the Lazy Eye. Short. And Not a Good Poet by francine j. harris

1453: Closing Time; Iskandariya by Brigit Pegeen Kelly

1452: A Backstory Beyond My Recounting by Paulann Petersen

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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

Other APM Podcasts

Truth Be Told

Ripple

The Splendid Table