Today’s poem is Prayer for My Unborn Niece or Nephew by Ross Gay.


The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Maggie writes… “Hope — earnest hope — is something we all need more to combat the cruelty and cynicism of these times we’re enduring. Today’s poem is filled to the brim with it.”


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