All Episodes

Today’s poem is After Vallejo by A.B. Spellman. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

Today’s poem is Here We Are by Lauren K. Watel. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

Today’s poem is Between You and You by Sham-e-Ali Nayeem.

Today’s poem is Post- by Corey Van Landingham. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

Today’s poem is Home Movies: A Sort of Ode by Mary Jo Salter.

Today’s poem is Taking Stock by Elaine Equi.

Today’s poem is from "Elegy for the Times" by Adonis, translated by Robyn Creswell.

Today’s poem is Vulture by Ted Kooser.

Today’s poem is Abide by Jake Adam York.

Today’s poem is oracle by Duriel E. Harris.

Today’s poem is The Clearing by Jane Kenyon.

Today’s poem is Grading Rubric by Antonio de Jesús López. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

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

Today’s poem is Eureka! by Jessica Abughattas.

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

Today’s poem is Negro Hero (to Suggest Dorie Miller) by Gwendolyn Brooks. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.

Today’s poem is Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare.

Today’s poem is Gravelly Run by A. R. Ammons. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.