Podcast: The Slowdown

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.

773: The Dead Are Beautiful Tonight

Today’s poem is The Dead Are Beautiful Tonight by Luther Hughes.

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772: On Friendship

Today’s poem is On Friendship by Hagit Grossman.

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771: Your Damage

Today’s poem is Your Damage by Mary Biddinger.

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770: And

Today’s poem is And by Nicole Sealey.

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769: Meeting at an Airport

Today’s poem is Meeting at an Airport by Taha Muhammad Ali.

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768: Lately I Am Trying

Today’s poem is Lately I Am Trying by Sanna Wani.

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767: Love Poem

Today’s poem is Love Poem by Megan Fernandes.

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766: All I Know

Today’s poem is All I Know by Paul Guest.

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765: a fishing story.

Today’s poem is a fishing story. by Mia S. Willis.

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764: Fides, Spes

Today’s poem is Fides, Spes by Willa Cather.

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