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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.
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Stanley Kunitz' "The Layers"
Today would have been Stanley Kunitz 115 birthday, so today's poem is one of his most famous poems,"The Layers." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:1729/07/2020
Billy Collins' "The Lanyard"
Today's poem is Billy Collins' "The Lanyard" (thanks to Karen Swallow Prior for the recommendation). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:0228/07/2020
Wendell Berry's "early in the year by my friend's gift"
Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "early in the year by my friend's gift." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:0627/07/2020
Emily Dickinson's "Of Bronze and Blaze"
Today's poem is Emily Dickinson's "Of Bronze and Blaze." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0324/07/2020
Robert Frost's "The Tuft of Flowers"
Today's poem is Robert Frost's "The Tuft of Flowers." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
09:0623/07/2020
William Cullen Bryant's "Summer Winds"
Today's poem is William Cullen Bryant's "Summer Winds." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
09:2622/07/2020
Camille Dungy's "Trophic Cascade"
Today's poem is Camille Dungy's "Trophic Cascade." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:2921/07/2020
Malcolm Guite's "The Singing Bowl"
Today's poem is Malcolm Guite's "The Singing Bowl" -- a poem about gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0520/07/2020
Kimberly Johnson's "Big Finish"
Today's poem is Kimberly Johnson's "Big Finish." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:4017/07/2020
Hopkins' "As Kingfishers Catch Fire"
Today's poem is Gerard Manley Hopkins' "As Kingfishers Catch Fire" (with a little assist from fellow-poet, Maurice Manning). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:0415/07/2020
Natasha Tretheway's "Family Portrait"
Today's poem is Natasha Tretheway's "Family Portrait." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:5414/07/2020
Luci Shaw's "Tenting, Burr Trail, Long Canyon, Escalante"
Today's poem is Luci Shaw's "Tenting, Burr Trail, Long Canyon, Escalante." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:1113/07/2020
Sarah Teasale's "The Answer"
Today poem is Sarah Teasale's "The Answer." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:2310/07/2020
Li-Young Lee "From Blossoms"
Today's poem is Li-Young Lee's "From Blossoms." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:2709/07/2020
Stanley Kunitz' "The Long Boat"
Today's poem is by Stanley Kunitz, whose birthday is later this month, and it's called "The Long Boat." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:5208/07/2020
Wendell Berry's "How to Be a Poet"
Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "How to Be a Poet," another poem in the ars poetica tradition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:5907/07/2020
Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Revere"
Today's Fourth of July-themed poem is Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." Happy Independence Day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:2203/07/2020
4 Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
Today's episode features four haiku from Japanese haiku-master, Kobayashi Issa (sometimes known simply as Issa), who lived from 1763-1828. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:5302/07/2020
Walt Whitman's "A July Afternoon by the Pond"
Today's poem is Walt Whitman's "A July Afternoon by the Pond" -- a poem we've been waiting to read here for a while. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:5201/07/2020
Czesław Miłosz's "Ars Poetica"
Today's poem is Czesław Miłosz's "Ars Poetica," one of many poems through history that have directly contemplated the purpose and art of poetry through poetry itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
10:2530/06/2020
Lucille Clifton's "Blessing the Boats"
Today's poem is by Lucille Clifton, whose birthday was June 27, and it's called "Blessing the Boats." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:3529/06/2020
Galway Kinnell's "St. Francis and the Sow"
Today's poem is Galway Kinnell's "St. Francis and the Sow." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:5227/06/2020
Ryan Wilson's "Xenia"
Today's poem is Ryan Wilson's "Xenia" -- a thoughtful poem about ancient concepts and contemporary art-making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:5425/06/2020
Jill Kress Karn's "Holy" and "Unfinished Madonna"
Today's poem(s) are a pair by contemporary poet, Jill Kress Karn: "Holy" and "Unfinished Madonna." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:2524/06/2020
Amy Clampitt's "Lindenbloom"
Today's poem is Amy Clampitt's "Lindenbloom," shared in recognition of the 100th anniversary of her birth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:0323/06/2020
Ted Kooser's "A Summer Afternoon with Clouds"
Today's poem is Ted Kooser's delightful summer poem, "A Summer Afternoon with Clouds" from his book, Kindest Regards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:4522/06/2020
John Clare's "Summer Moods"
Today's poem is John Clare's "Summer Moods" - a good poem for longer, hotter days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0719/06/2020
Maya Angelou's "I Still Rise"
Today's poem is Maya Angelou's "I Still Rise." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:4518/06/2020
"Many Thousand Gone"
Today's poem is a spiritual called "Many Thousand Gone" (also known as "No More Auction Block"). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:4117/06/2020
Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask"
Today's poem is Paul Laurence Dunbar's heartbreaking poem, "We Wear the Mask." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0016/06/2020
Countee Cullen's "To the Swimmer"
Today's poem is Countee Cullen's "To the Swimmer." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
09:2712/06/2020
Jean Toomer's "Harvest Song"
Today's poem is Jean Toomer's "Harvest Song." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:0410/06/2020
Gwendolyn Brooks' "The Children of the Poor"
Today's poem is Gwendolyn Brooks' heartbreaking and beautiful poem, "The Children of the Poor." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:2109/06/2020
Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass"
Today's poem is Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0208/06/2020
Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks"
Today's poem is Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:3205/06/2020
Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again"
Today's poem is Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:1304/06/2020
Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy"
Today's poem is Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy," an important poem worth knowing during these days of protest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:5403/06/2020
E. Nesbit's "The Despot"
Garden week continues with E. Nesbit's "The Despot." A poem that takes a different approach than many other garden-themed poems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:2428/05/2020
W.H. Auden's "Their Lonely Betters"
Garden week on continues with W.H. Auden's poem, "Their Lonely Betters." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:5127/05/2020
Andrew Marvell's "The Garden"
Now that summer is here, it's garden week here at The Daily Poem! Each poem selected will have to do with the themes of gardens and gardening. Up first if Andrew Marvell's very famous seventeenth century poem, "The Garden." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:1626/05/2020
Robert Frost's "Acquainted with the Night"
Today's poem is by Robert Frost, the great American poet, and it's called "Acquainted with the Night." If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:4620/05/2020
Mark Van Doren's "In bitterness of heart I write"
Today's episode is from Mark Van Doren and Heidi White and Tim McIntosh join David to discuss it briefly . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
09:2819/05/2020
Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider"
Today's poem is Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" -- a wonderful poem for memorization. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:2214/05/2020
Bayard Taylor "A Night with a Wolf"
Today's poem is delivered with the help of a special guest, Jeremiah Kern, and it's Bayard Taylor's "A Night with a Wolf." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:4113/05/2020
Katherine Larson's "Metamorphoses"
Katherine Larson is a poet and a molecular biologist, a fascinating combination that shows up in today's poem, "Metamorphoses." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0012/05/2020
Robert Pinsky's "Poem with lines in any order"
Today's poem is one I found when reading Robert Hass' book, A Little Book on Form. It's called "poem with lines in any order" and its by Robert Pinsky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:0511/05/2020
John Clare's "The Nightengale's Nest"
Today's poem is John Clare's "The Nightingale's Nest" -- a poem that was unpublished and unknown until 1979. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:1709/05/2020
Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring"
Today's poem is Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:0807/05/2020
Ted Kooser's "Abandoned Farmhouse"
Today's poem is from the great Ted Kooser, and its called "Abandoned Farmhouse." If you like this poem be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:3706/05/2020
Thomas Merton's "Elegy for the Monastery Barn"
Today's poem is Thomas Merton's "Elegy for the Monastery Barn." Thanks to Heidi White for filling in for David today. If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
11:3405/05/2020