All Episodes

Today's poem is Apocalypse, Umbrian Master, about 1490 by Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

Today's poem is What the Memories Said by Crystal Williams.

Today's poem is Hair on Fire by Jim Daniels.

Today's poem is Poetry Recitation at St. Catherine's School for Girls by Tarfia Faizullah.

Today's poem is The Humanities by Catherine Barnett

Today's poem is Portrait of the Alcoholic with Withdrawal by Kaveh Akbar. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.

Today's poem is Pentatina for Five Vowels by Campbell McGrath. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.

Today's poem is Reverse Suicide by Matt Rasmussen.

Today's poem is Brokeheart: Just like that by Patrick Rosal. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.

Today's poem is In the Hospital by Chen Chen.

Today's poem is Donating the Cake Dome by Lisa C. Krueger.

Today's poem is Proximities by Lia Purpura.

Today's poem is True Stories about Koko Taylor by Eve L. Ewing.

Today's poem is 564 park avenue by Aja Monet.

Life is fast, intense and sometimes bewildering. But poetry offers a way of slowing things down, looking at them closely, mining each moment for all that it houses. Look for new episodes with U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith in late November.