The Slowdown is taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes. This encore episode was originally released on August 28, 2025.


Today’s poem is From the Sky by Sara Abou Rashed.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “When I think about ways to foster empathy, perspective, and care, one of those ways is poetry. I know poetry can’t stop bombs from falling, and it can’t feed the starving, and it can’t evacuate people to safety. I know this. But poetry can change our inner world. We need that change, one person at a time. We need to reclaim our humanity.”


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