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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 7 MIN

1463: Sleep by Matthew Dickman

from The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily · host Eliana Benavides

Today’s poem is Sleep by Matthew Dickman. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Poems so often say the things we can’t. They give language and shape to ideas that feel too big for words — like love, and mortality, and grief.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp

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