8: Pentatina for Five VowelsDecember 5, 2018Today's poem is Pentatina for Five Vowels by Campbell McGrath. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.
6: Brokeheart: Just like thatDecember 3, 2018Today's poem is Brokeheart: Just like that by Patrick Rosal. Sign up for our newsletter at SlowdownShow.org.
2: True Stories about Koko TaylorNovember 27, 2018Today's poem is True Stories about Koko Taylor by Eve L. Ewing.
Coming soon: The SlowdownOctober 1, 2018Life 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.
