8: Pentatina for Five VowelsDecember 5, 2018 12:00 AMToday's poem is Pentatina for Five Vowels by Campbell McGrath. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.
6: Brokeheart: Just like thatDecember 3, 2018 12:00 AMToday's poem is Brokeheart: Just like that by Patrick Rosal. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.
4: Donating the Cake DomeNovember 29, 2018 12:00 AMToday's poem is Donating the Cake Dome by Lisa C. Krueger.
2: True Stories about Koko TaylorNovember 27, 2018 12:00 AMToday's poem is True Stories about Koko Taylor by Eve L. Ewing.
Coming soon: The SlowdownOctober 1, 2018 11:56 AMLife 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.