The Slowdown

Hosted ByTracy K. Smith

Every weekday, Tracy K. Smith delivers a different way to see the world – through poetry. Produced in partnership with the Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.


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1131: How It Will End by Denise Duhamel

Today’s poem is How It Will End by Denise Duhamel. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem illustrates how difficult it is...

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1130: Cy Twombly’s Untitled (Say Goodbye Catullus, to the shores of Asia Minor) by Javier O. Huerta

Today’s poem is Cy Twombly’s Untitled (Say Goodbye Catullus, to the shores of Asia Minor) by Javier O. Huerta. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode,...

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1129: Hagar in the Wilderness by Tyehimba Jess

Today’s poem is Hagar in the Wilderness by Tyehimba Jess. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “This week’s episodes are a special feature...

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1128: Post-Industrial Society Has Arrived by Vidhu Aggarwal

Today’s poem is Post-Industrial Society Has Arrived by Vidhu Aggarwal. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “This week’s episodes are a special feature...

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1127: Two Paintings Seen Again by Rachel Hadas

Today’s poem is Two Paintings Seen Again by Rachel Hadas. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “This week’s episodes are a special feature...

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1126: Not So Much an End as an Entangling by Linda Gregerson

Today’s poem is Not So Much an End as an Entangling by Linda Gregerson. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “This week’s episodes...

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1125: English by Janel Pineda

Today’s poem is English by Janel Pineda. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem brilliantly figures the psychological complexities of adopting a...

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1124: What Good Is A Castle by Linda Susan Jackson

Today’s poem is What Good Is A Castle by Linda Susan Jackson. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Those signs are back; a...

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1123: In the House With No Doors by Sarah Kay

Today’s poem is In the House With No Doors by Sarah Kay. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem speaks to the...

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