Episodes: 2025

Today’s poem is Acknowledgments by Nkosi Nkululeko.

Today’s poem is To be of use by Marge Piercy.

Today’s poem is The Book of Genesis by Morgan Parker.

Today’s poem is Stop Looking At My Last Name Like That by Michael Torres.

Today’s poem is Telephone of the Wind by Eddie Kim.

Today’s poem is Moon Pull by Carlina Duan.

Today’s poem is Flesh (“You in your ecstasy of coffee”) by Deborah Landau.

Today’s poem is Black Book of Creation by Shanta Lee Gander.

Today we’re bringing you the recording from Slow Take, our live event in Nashville this past April, featuring Major Jackson in conversation with Jad Abumrad and special guest poets Kate Daniels, Mark Jarman, Ciona Rouse and Didi Jackson, as well as singer-songwriter Tia Sillers.

Today’s poem is Us by Zaffar Kunial.

Today’s poem is from "The Crystal Text" by Clark Coolidge.

Today’s poem is I Would Do Anything For Love, But I Won't by Traci Brimhall.

Today’s poem is anti-immigration by Evie Shockley.

Today’s poem is Last Sundays at Bootleggers by Carlos Andrés Gómez.

Today’s poem is In Response to Feeling Alone by t. liem.

Today’s poem is Sligo Abbey by Rebecca Lindenberg.

Today’s poem is Tracing the Horse by Diana Marie Delgado.

Today’s poem is The Feeling by Ari Banias.