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...

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...

Today’s poem is Childhood by David Baker. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I enjoy today’s poem immensely for how it makes its...

Today’s poem is The Empire of Light by Michael Dumanis. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem reveals how poets distinctly process...

Today’s poem is Monet Refuses the Operation by Lisel Mueller. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Poets and visual artists work to give...

Today’s poem is A Black Doe in the Anthropocene by Artress Bethany White. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Here is my ignorance;...

Today’s poem is At My Funeral by Hélène Cardona. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Ultimately, we do not know the experience of...

Today’s poem is I Am Waiting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “On a Saturday morning group Zoom call, I...

Today’s poem is Mercy by Dessa. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “I never took to the attitude of I’ll show them. It...