Today’s poem is The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Ailish Hopper. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “With great courage, writers, activists,...

Today’s poem is An Open Call to Single Daughters of Single Mothers by Katie Marya. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem...

Today’s poem is Pleasure by Victoria Redel. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem celebrates that maturing sensibility of being present and...

Today’s poem is The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “The late poet Donald Hall said that “A...

Today’s poem is Cliché by V. Penelope Pelizzon. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem makes use of the ocean as a...

Today’s poem is On Meeting My Biological Father by Sarah Audsley. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “No adoptee’s experience is the same....

Today’s poem is Counting, This New Year’s Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me by Jane Hirshfield. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes…...

Today’s poem is Objects in the Mirror are Closer Than They Appear by Alleliah Nuguid. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem...

Today’s poem is Fourth Wall Arpeggio by A. Van Jordan. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Sometimes, a speaker in a poem will...