Here are all of our favorite episodes of The Slowdown about nature, hope, kindness and more. Listen and take a moment to slow down.
You can listen to the playlist on Spotify here or you can listen to the episodes below! Follow the links to see the full text of each poem.
28: On Kindness
by Aracelis Girmay
34: Speaking Tree
by Joy Harjo
289: The Traveling Onion
by Naomi Shihab Nye
272: Double Dutch
by Gregory Pardlo
266: After You Get Up Early On Memorial Day
by Susanna Lang
145: Mighty Pawns
by Major Jackson
264: Sleeping with the Chihuahua
by Tami Haaland
257: Eros the Contagion
by Annie Kim
259: Opus from Space
by Pattiann Rogers
228: Hair
by Clarence Major
254: So Much Happiness
by Naomi Shihab Nye
311: Listen,
by Barbara Crooker
18: Prayer on Aladdin’s Lamp
by Marcus Wicker
296: Making Zelnik at the Sibling Reunion
by Karen Paul Holmes
148: The Clam
by Keith Leonard
199: Small Kindnesses
by Danusha Lameris
22: Love (III)
by George Herbert
111: Bored
by Margaret Atwood
277: Assail As Sail Ails As
by Dora Malech
270: When I Am Six
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
277: Assail As Sail Ails As
by Dora Malech
282: Waiting for Happiness
by Nomi Stone
27: The Raincoat
by Ada Limon
291: Jabberwocky
by Lewis Carroll