# The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

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Episodes: 933

## Resource

Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Make us a part of your routine as you drink coffee in the morning, as you take a walk in nature, or as you wind down to go to sleep in the evening. With host Major Jackson, we collectively take a moment to calm, to inspire, to learn, and to engage with the best emerging poets and established writers of our time and generations past, from Emily Dickinson to Danez Smith, from Amanda Gorman to Mary Oliver. Listen to our back catalog for episodes by our previous hosts, Tracy K. Smith and Ada Limón, as well as guest hosts Jenny Xie, Brenda Shaughnessy, Tina Chang, Nate Marshall, Shira Erlichiman, and Jason Schneiderman. Our hosts and production team select poems that move them, and we hope they move y…

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## Episodes
- [1562: Listening to Vespertine for Twenty Hours Straight by Derrick Austin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1562-listening-to-vespertine-for-twenty-hours-straight-by-derrick-austin) — 2026-07-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [1561: So Much Space for Song by James Crews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1561-so-much-space-for-song-by-james-crews) — 2026-07-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [1560: Gratification to the survivors of daily damnations by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1560-gratification-to-the-survivors-of-daily-damnations-by-oladejo-abdullah-feranmi) — 2026-07-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [1559: Florida Doll Sonnet by Denise Duhamel and Maureen Seaton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1559-florida-doll-sonnet-by-denise-duhamel-and-maureen-seaton) — 2026-07-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [1558: Late Work by Andrés Cerpa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1558-late-work-by-andr-s-cerpa) — 2026-07-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [1557: All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1557-all-trains-are-going-local-by-timothy-liu) — 2026-07-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [1556: Articulation of Solace by Yongyu Chen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1556-articulation-of-solace-by-yongyu-chen) — 2026-07-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [1555: Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1555-kindness-by-naomi-shihab-nye) — 2026-07-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [1554: Nobody's Job by Ronna Bloom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1554-nobody-s-job-by-ronna-bloom) — 2026-07-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [1553: When you have to remind me to do the dishes by Isaac Pickell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1553-when-you-have-to-remind-me-to-do-the-dishes-by-isaac-pickell) — 2026-07-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [1552: Mother Church No. 3 by Robin Coste Lewis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1552-mother-church-no-3-by-robin-coste-lewis) — 2026-07-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [1551: Laurelhurst by David Biespiel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1551-laurelhurst-by-david-biespiel) — 2026-07-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [1550: The Interpretation of Dreams by Kate Farrell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1550-the-interpretation-of-dreams-by-kate-farrell) — 2026-07-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [1549: Thirst Trap by Caleb Curtiss](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1549-thirst-trap-by-caleb-curtiss) — 2026-07-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [1548: You're Supposed to Enjoy Dying by Colin Pope](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1548-you-re-supposed-to-enjoy-dying-by-colin-pope) — 2026-06-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [1547: Northern Flicker Reconsidered by Susan Rich](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1547-northern-flicker-reconsidered-by-susan-rich) — 2026-06-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [1546: Pocket Dial by James Davis May](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1546-pocket-dial-by-james-davis-may) — 2026-06-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [1545: Panis Angelicus by Carol Muske-Dukes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1545-panis-angelicus-by-carol-muske-dukes) — 2026-06-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [1544: Versions of Girlhood by Tina Chang](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1544-versions-of-girlhood-by-tina-chang) — 2026-06-24T08:00:00+00:00
- [1543: What the Suitcase Bearing My Family Name Might Have Contained When It Arrived at Auschwitz by Ava Nathaniel Winter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1543-what-the-suitcase-bearing-my-family-name-might-have-contained-when-it-arrived-at-auschwitz-by-ava-nathaniel-winter) — 2026-06-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [1542: What We Wanted by Carol Moldaw](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1542-what-we-wanted-by-carol-moldaw) — 2026-06-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [1541: Poem to Watch over You by Omotara James](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1541-poem-to-watch-over-you-by-omotara-james) — 2026-06-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [1540: Boombox Ode: Enjoy the Silence by K. Iver](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1540-boombox-ode-enjoy-the-silence-by-k-iver) — 2026-06-18T08:00:00+00:00
- [1539: Pluto by Maggie Dietz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1539-pluto-by-maggie-dietz) — 2026-06-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [1538: Maps by Yesenia Montilla](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1538-maps-by-yesenia-montilla) — 2026-06-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [1537: Against Melancholy by Nathan McClain](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1537-against-melancholy-by-nathan-mcclain) — 2026-06-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [1536: i love you to the moon & by Chen Chen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1536-i-love-you-to-the-moon-by-chen-chen) — 2026-06-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [1535: Goldfish by Francisco Márquez](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1535-goldfish-by-francisco-ma-rquez) — 2026-06-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [1534: There Is Always Space in My Life for More Life by Natasha Rao](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1534-there-is-always-space-in-my-life-for-more-life-by-natasha-rao) — 2026-06-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [1533: The Good Life by Tracy K. Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1533-the-good-life-by-tracy-k-smith) — 2026-06-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [1532: Blue by Laura Villareal](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1532-blue-by-laura-villareal) — 2026-06-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [1531: Cheap Magic by Arielle Hebert](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1531-cheap-magic-by-arielle-hebert) — 2026-06-05T08:00:00+00:00
- [1530: At the End of a Good Week, the Van Broke Down by Mary Ardery](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1530-at-the-end-of-a-good-week-the-van-broke-down-by-mary-ardery) — 2026-06-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [1529: Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew by Ross Gay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1529-prayer-for-my-unborn-niece-or-nephew-by-ross-gay) — 2026-06-03T08:00:00+00:00
- [1528: Isobutyl Nitrite by Kieron Walquist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1528-isobutyl-nitrite-by-kieron-walquist) — 2026-06-02T08:00:00+00:00
- [1527: Native Grasses by Lynnell Edwards](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1527-native-grasses-by-lynnell-edwards) — 2026-06-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [1526: Missing by Mary Morris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1526-missing-by-mary-morris) — 2026-05-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [1525: The Burning Kite by Ouyang Jianghe, translated by Austin Woerner](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1525-the-burning-kite-by-ouyang-jianghe-translated-by-austin-woerner) — 2026-05-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [1524: Coral, Again by Juliana Spahr](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1524-coral-again-by-juliana-spahr) — 2026-05-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [1523: The Village by Marc Harshman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1523-the-village-by-marc-harshman) — 2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00
- [1522: The Long Run by Linda Gregerson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1522-the-long-run-by-linda-gregerson) — 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00
- [Bonus Episode — PASSAGES: On Morrison featuring Tracy K. Smith and Namwali Serpell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/bonus-episode-passages-on-morrison-featuring-tracy-k-smith-and-namwali-serpell) — 2026-05-23T12:00:00+00:00
- [1521: You Try To Fix It by Liz Ahl](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1521-you-try-to-fix-it-by-liz-ahl) — 2026-05-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [1520: The New City by Hieu Minh Nguyen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1520-the-new-city-by-hieu-minh-nguyen) — 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [1519: At the Entrance of a Love Poem, I Hesitate by Maya C. Popa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1519-at-the-entrance-of-a-love-poem-i-hesitate-by-maya-c-popa) — 2026-05-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [1518: On Being Told I Should Write a Memoir by Jan-Henry Gray](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1518-on-being-told-i-should-write-a-memoir-by-jan-henry-gray) — 2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [1517: Liquefying by Chloe Yelena Miller](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1517-liquefying-by-chloe-yelena-miller) — 2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00
- [1516: Citrus Paradisi by Arah Ko](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1516-citrus-paradisi-by-arah-ko) — 2026-05-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [1515: True Story by Camille T. Dungy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1515-true-story-by-camille-t-dungy) — 2026-05-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [1514: A Love Poem Will Not Save the World by C. Russell Price](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1514-a-love-poem-will-not-save-the-world-by-c-russell-price) — 2026-05-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [1513: Climacteric by Kelly Gray](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1513-climacteric-by-kelly-gray) — 2026-05-12T08:00:00+00:00
- [1512: Terra Vita by Lisa Hiton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1512-terra-vita-by-lisa-hiton) — 2026-05-11T08:00:00+00:00
- [1511: Dispatch as Prologue or Epilogue by Megan Gannon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1511-dispatch-as-prologue-or-epilogue-by-megan-gannon) — 2026-05-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [1510: The Magicians at Work by Nicky Beer](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1510-the-magicians-at-work-by-nicky-beer) — 2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [1509: Something there is that doesn’t love by Armen Davoudian](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1509-something-there-is-that-doesn-t-love-by-armen-davoudian) — 2026-05-06T08:00:00+00:00
- [1508: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Wayne Miller](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1508-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-by-wayne-miller) — 2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00
- [1507: How to Dress a Star by Nicholas Goodly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1507-how-to-dress-a-star-by-nicholas-goodly) — 2026-05-04T08:00:00+00:00
- [1506: You Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1506-you-reading-this-be-ready-by-william-stafford) — 2026-05-01T08:00:00+00:00
- [1505: Queen of Collapse by Hadara Bar-Nadav](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1505-queen-of-collapse-by-hadara-bar-nadav) — 2026-04-30T08:00:00+00:00
- [1504: The Beginning by Katherine Gibbel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1504-the-beginning-by-katherine-gibbel) — 2026-04-29T08:00:00+00:00
- [1503: Cloud Hands by Arthur Sze](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1503-cloud-hands-by-arthur-sze) — 2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00
- [1502: On My History of Kissing Everyone At Parties by Isabelle Correa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1502-on-my-history-of-kissing-everyone-at-parties-by-isabelle-correa) — 2026-04-27T08:00:00+00:00
- [1501: at the baggage claim in JFK by Lo Naylor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1501-at-the-baggage-claim-in-jfk-by-lo-naylor) — 2026-04-24T08:00:00+00:00
- [1500: You believed only a girl born of dandelion can be ferocious by Purvi Shah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1500-you-believed-only-a-girl-born-of-dandelion-can-be-ferocious-by-purvi-shah) — 2026-04-23T08:00:00+00:00
- [1499: Spring in War-Time by Sara Teasdale](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1499-spring-in-war-time-by-sara-teasdale) — 2026-04-22T08:00:00+00:00
- [1498: Twenty Questions by Jayrold Trasporte](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1498-twenty-questions-by-jayrold-trasporte) — 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
- [1497: Intaglio by Emma Aylor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1497-intaglio-by-emma-aylor) — 2026-04-20T08:00:00+00:00
- [1496: Love Song to the Alpacas of Solomon Lane by Kenzie Allen](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1496-love-song-to-the-alpacas-of-solomon-lane-by-kenzie-allen) — 2026-04-17T08:00:00+00:00
- [1495: Pathway by Paula Bohince](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1495-pathway-by-paula-bohince) — 2026-04-16T08:00:00+00:00
- [1494: Graduation by Edgar Kunz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1494-graduation-by-edgar-kunz) — 2026-04-15T08:00:00+00:00
- [1493: Stadium by Heather Tone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1493-stadium-by-heather-tone) — 2026-04-14T08:00:00+00:00
- [1492: Community by Emily Bright](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1492-community-by-emily-bright) — 2026-04-13T08:00:00+00:00
- [1491: The plum you're going to eat next summer by Gayle Brandeis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1491-the-plum-you-re-going-to-eat-next-summer-by-gayle-brandeis) — 2026-04-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [1490: Smalltown Lift by Brian Blanchfield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1490-smalltown-lift-by-brian-blanchfield) — 2026-04-09T08:00:00+00:00
- [1489: Sonnet Overheard at Phone Booth by Elane Kim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1489-sonnet-overheard-at-phone-booth-by-elane-kim) — 2026-04-08T08:00:00+00:00
- [1488: Anniversary by Edward Salem](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-slowdown-poetry-reflection-daily-7043130/1488-anniversary-by-edward-salem) — 2026-04-07T08:00:00+00:00

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