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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

Eliana Benavides

1546: Pocket Dial by James Davis May

June 26, 2026 3:00am 6 min

Today’s poem is Pocket Dial by James Davis May. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes... "It’s a strangely intimate thing, the pocket dial. When we’re on the receiving end, we find ours...

1545: Panis Angelicus by Carol Muske-Dukes

June 25, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Panis Angelicus by Carol Muske-Dukes. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… "There is music everywhere — played from the stereos of passing cars, sung by unselfconsciou...

1544: Versions of Girlhood by Tina Chang

June 24, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Versions of Girlhood by Tina Chang. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… "Today’s poem makes me feel seen as a mother, and it also reminds me to stay present — to appr...

1543: What the Suitcase Bearing My Family Name Might Have Contained When It Arrived at Auschwitz by Ava Nathaniel Winter

June 23, 2026 3:00am 8 min

Today’s poem is What The Suitcase Bearing my Family Name Might Have Contained When it Arrived at Auschwitz by Ava Nathaniel Winter. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… "It is a privi...

1542: What We Wanted by Carol Moldaw

June 22, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is What We Wanted by Carol Moldaw. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… "Maybe humans have muscle and sense memory not unlike my dog on her walk around the block. We inst...

1541: Poem to Watch over You by Omotara James

June 19, 2026 3:00am 8 min

Today’s poem is Poem to Watch over You by Omotara James. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “On Juneteenth, freedom feels like a welcome long denied. It is also...

1540: Boombox Ode: Enjoy the Silence by K. Iver

June 18, 2026 3:00am 6 min

Today’s poem is Boombox Ode: Enjoy the Silence by K. Iver. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “There was a time when love, or the possibility of it, came to you...

1539: Pluto by Maggie Dietz

June 17, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Pluto by Maggie Dietz. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “When I was younger, I learned the order of the planets through a sentence I’ll never ...

1538: Maps by Yesenia Montilla

June 16, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Maps by Yesenia Montilla. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “Today’s poem questions what it means to erase borders and barriers. It imagines a ...

1537: Against Melancholy by Nathan McClain

June 15, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Against Melancholy by Nathan McClain. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “I often hear the phrase “the risk of joy,” and I keep returning to it....

1536: i love you to the moon & by Chen Chen

June 12, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is i love you to the moon & by Chen Chen. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “The moon is about 238,855 (two hundred thirty-eight thousand, eight h...

1535: Goldfish by Francisco Márquez

June 11, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Goldfish by Francisco Márquez. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “When it comes to death, we often have a need to witness. It is our human ins...

1534: There Is Always Space in My Life for More Life by Natasha Rao

June 10, 2026 3:00am 6 min

Today’s poem is There Is Always Space in My Life for More Life by Natasha Rao. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “I firmly believe I became a poet because of m...

1533: The Good Life by Tracy K. Smith

June 09, 2026 3:00am 6 min

Today’s poem is The Good Life by Tracy K. Smith. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “When my grandmother took us kids to the pharmacy, she’d let us pick one sna...

1532: Blue by Laura Villareal

June 08, 2026 3:00am 6 min

Today’s poem is Blue by Laura Villareal. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, guest host Diannely Antigua writes… “I believe color carries energy. It carries memory. I remember when I was young, com...

1531: Cheap Magic by Arielle Hebert

June 05, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Cheap Magic by Arielle Hebert.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “When we wear a costume, or even an uncharacteristic outfit, it’s possible to let go of the expectat...

1530: At the End of a Good Week, the Van Broke Down by Mary Ardery

June 04, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is At the End of a Good Week, the Van Broke Down by Mary Ardery. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Poetry, instead of asking questions like How did I get here? or Wha...

1529: Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew by Ross Gay

June 03, 2026 3:00am 9 min

Today’s poem is Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew by Ross Gay. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Hope — earnest hope — is something we all need more to combat the cruelty and c...

1528: Isobutyl Nitrite by Kieron Walquist

June 02, 2026 3:00am 8 min

Today’s poem is Isobutyl Nitrite by Kieron Walquist.The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “In today’s poem, the speaker feels something awaken in him while watching the film “Remember ...

1527: Native Grasses by Lynnell Edwards

June 01, 2026 3:00am 7 min

Today’s poem is Native Grasses by Lynnell Edwards. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “When my son was younger, he loved to collect what he called “nature treasures” — pinecones, ac...

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