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The Daily Poem
Hosted by Goldberry Studios · EN
The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits.
The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios.
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Maurice Manning's "To the People of Sangamo County"
3d ago00:06:14Tap to summarize“The effort to be/ accomplished, without experience,/ is something to pity”Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Paul Laurence Dunbar's "In Summer"
5d ago00:03:13Tap to summarizeThere are few joys as pure as singing in the summer time. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est"
1w ago00:06:39Tap to summarizeToday’s poem is one of the best known English war poems, both challenging popular notions of the glories of warfare and acknowledging the oft-unseen sacrifices of service. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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John Ciardi's "An Emeritus Addresses the School"
1w ago00:04:20Tap to summarize“…a word might turn youall the bent ways to love, its merciespracticed, its one day at a timebegun and lived and slept on and begun.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Matthew Zapruder's "Graduation Day"
2w ago00:04:17Tap to summarizeToday’s poem is not the one you should read at graduation parties this month. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Lisa Olstein's "Dear One Absent This Long While"
2w ago00:05:59Tap to summarizeToday’s poem–from Olstein’s first collection, Radio Crackling, Radio Gone (2006)–is a melancholy collection of the little things we’d like to say to someone who isn’t there. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Ron Padgett's "Poem"
2w ago00:04:03Tap to summarizeToday’s poem is the experience of having duties in the spring time rolled into the experience of reading every poem ever written. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"
3w ago00:03:33Tap to summarizeToday’s poem is for the Maggies, the Margarets, and for anyone who gets moody in the springtime and can’t explain why. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Christina Rossetti's "Spring"
3w ago00:03:10Tap to summarize“There is no time like Spring that passes by,/Now newly born, and now/Hastening to die.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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Alexander Pope's "To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday"
3w ago00:03:01Tap to summarizeToday’s poem argues you don’t have to like birthdays to have a happy one. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
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