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[encore] 1163: Voice Clear As by Kemi Alabi

December 23, 2024
Today’s poem is Voice Clear As by Kemi Alabi.
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1265: Gorgon Loves Googie's by Rebecca Morgan Frank

December 20, 2024
Today’s poem is Gorgon Loves Googie's by Rebecca Morgan Frank.
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1264: The Room is a Rectangle by Marianne Chan

December 19, 2024
Today’s poem is The Room is a Rectangle by Marianne Chan.
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1263: Film Theory by Xan Forest Phillips

December 18, 2024
Today’s poem is Film Theory by Xan Forest Phillips.
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1262: The Future of Terror / 1 by Matthea Harvey

December 17, 2024
Today’s poem is The Future of Terror / 1 by Matthea Harvey.
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1261: Immersive by Joseph Millar

December 16, 2024
Today’s poem is Immersive by Joseph Millar.
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1260: Fade Away by Amorak Huey

December 13, 2024
Today’s poem is Fade Away by Amorak Huey.
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1259: When you have to kill everybody in the room by Niki Herd

December 12, 2024
Today’s poem is When you have to kill everybody in the room by Niki Herd.
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1258: The Trees by Jericho Brown

December 11, 2024
Today’s poem is The Trees by Jericho Brown.
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1257: Time || Immemorial by Daniel Simon

December 10, 2024
Today’s poem is Time || Immemorial by Daniel Simon.
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1256: A Dominican Poem by Danielle Legros Georges

December 9, 2024
Today’s poem is A Dominican Poem by Danielle Legros Georges.
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1255: The Presence in Absence by Linda Gregg

December 6, 2024
Today’s poem is The Presence in Absence by Linda Gregg.
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1254: That's My Heart Right There by Willie Perdomo

December 5, 2024
Today’s poem is That's My Heart Right There by Willie Perdomo.
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1253: On the Death of a Young Lady Five Years of Age, a reinscription by Aracelis Girmay

December 4, 2024
Today’s poem is On the Death of a Young Lady Five Years of Age, a reinscription by Aracelis Girmay. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
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1252: The Canonization by John Donne

December 3, 2024
Today’s poem is The Canonization by John Donne.
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1251: On Living by Nâzim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk

December 2, 2024
Today’s poem is On Living by Nâzim Hikmet, translated by Randy Blasing and Mutlu Konuk.
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1250: 52 Blue by Sappho Stanley

November 29, 2024
Today’s poem is 52 Blue by Sappho Stanley.
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1249: Farmers' Market by Molly Fisk

November 28, 2024
Today’s poem is Farmers’ Market by Molly Fisk.
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