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1040: The Idea of Order at Key West
Today’s poem is The Idea of Order at Key West by Wallace Stevens.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “When a pe…
2 years, 10 months ago
1039: What Good Is Silence
Today’s poem is What Good Is Silence by Phuong T. Vuong.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem illus…
2 years, 10 months ago
[encore] 877: The Lifeline
Today’s poem is The Lifeline by Pádraig Ó Tuama.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “When natural disaster occur…
2 years, 10 months ago
1038: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
Today’s poem is The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Ailish Hopper.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “With gr…
2 years, 10 months ago
1037: An Open Call to Single Daughters of Single Mothers
Today’s poem is An Open Call to Single Daughters of Single Mothers by Katie Marya.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major wr…
2 years, 10 months ago
1036: Pleasure
Today’s poem is Pleasure by Victoria Redel.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem celebrates that ma…
2 years, 10 months ago
1035: The Darkling Thrush
Today’s poem is The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “The late poet Donald Ha…
2 years, 10 months ago
1034: Cliché
Today’s poem is Cliché by V. Penelope Pelizzon. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem makes use of t…
2 years, 10 months ago
1033: On Meeting My Biological Father
Today’s poem is On Meeting My Biological Father by Sarah Audsley.
The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “No adoptee…
2 years, 10 months ago
1032: Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me
Today’s poem is Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me by Jane Hirshfield. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
In this…
2 years, 10 months ago