Happy Poetry Month.

Friends of the Slowdown are invited to celebrate

with a special offer from Poetry Magazine.

This April, an annual subscription to poetry includes a limited edition notebook.

The notebook features a devious quote from Dorothy Alaska on its cover.

I'm almost always lying in a poem.

And the full poem is inside.

Use the notebook for your own poems, lies, and secrets.

Subscribe today at poetry magazine.org slash lying. National Poetry Month is the perfect time to

champion the daily pause you count on from the slowdown. Your donation keeps these free moments

of reflection available to anyone who needs them. No paywall,

just poetry and perspective

in a short, steady ritual.

Celebrate poetry this month

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I'm Maggie Smith, and this is The Slowdown. I have a soft spot for poems that center animals,

and there are many such poems.

I'm thinking about the horse, and James writes famous poem, A Blessing. I'm thinking about the horse, and James Wright's famous poem, A Blessing.

I'm thinking about the poor dead goat and Bridget Pagene Kelly's poem, Song,

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