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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 6 MIN

1483: How to Write by Anne Waldman

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

Today’s poem is How to Write by Anne Waldman. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Consciousness is just … exhausting sometimes, isn’t it? There’s no “power down” mode for our minds like there is for the devices we use: laptops and phones and televisions. Being a human is sort of like having 24/7 screentime, but the screen is your own mind, and there’s no real way to turn it off — none that’s worked for me, anyway.”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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