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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.
The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. dailypoempod.substack.com
Seamus Heaney's "The Railway Children"
Today's poem is from the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, and it's called "The Railway Children." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:2401/05/2020
Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers"
Today's poem is Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:2729/04/2020
William Blake's "The Tyger"
Today's episode features a special guest who joined David to discuss William Blake's "The Tyger" -- a poem which reminds him of Calvin and Hobbes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:2528/04/2020
R.S Thomas' "90th Birthday"
Today is Heidi White's birthday so it seemed only right to give her a chance to share one of her favorite poems. So today she fills in for David and reads R.S Thomas' "90th Birthday." Happy Birthday to Heidi! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
09:3424/04/2020
William Carlos Williams' "Spring Storm"
Today's poem, on this rainy day in the South, is Williamm Carlos Williams' "Spring Storm" -- a good poem for chilly April days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:0523/04/2020
Richard Wilbur's "The Reader"
Today's poem is a late Richard Wilbur poem called "The Reader." Remember to rate and review if you like this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:5922/04/2020
Poetry in a Time of Crisis
Today's episode features a passage from Matthew Zapruder's book, Why Poetry, about the value and work of poetry in times of crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:5721/04/2020
James Matthew Wilson's "Through the Water"
Today's poem is James Matthew Wilson's "Through the Water." Remember, if you like this episode you can rate and review it wherever you subscribe 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
09:4320/04/2020
Scott Cairns' "Daily Sacrifice"
Today's poem is Scott Cairns' "Daily Sacrifice" -- a poem for the Eastern Orthodox listeners among us, who are remembering Good Friday today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:3217/04/2020
W.H. Davies' "Leisure"
Today's poem is W.H. Davies' "Leisure" -- a poem worth keeping in mind during this strange time of isolation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:3216/04/2020
Mary Oliver's "This Morning"
Today's poem is a great poem for spring: Mary Oliver's "This Morning". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
04:2215/04/2020
W.S. Merwin's "Finding a Teacher"
Today's episode features a poem by W.S. Merwin called "Finding a Teacher" as well as a few special guests who help discuss it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
14:4314/04/2020
Wendell Berry's "An Anniversary"
Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "An Anniversary" -- from his 1971 collection, The Country of Marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:4213/04/2020
A.E. Stallings' "Dyeing the Easter Eggs"
The Daily Poem is back, just in time for Easter! Today's poem is A.E. Stallings' "Dyeing the Easter Eggs." Thanks for your patience. 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
07:1710/04/2020
Dana Gioia's "Words"
Today poem is by one of our greatest contemporary poets, Dana Gioia. It's called "Words." Remember 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
08:3411/03/2020
W.H. Auden's "The Fall of Rome"
Today's poem is W.H. Auden's dramatic poem, "The Fall of Rome" -- one of the more memorable poems of the last century. Remember 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
08:4510/03/2020
John Clare's "First Sight of Spring"
Today's poem is by the English Romantic poet, John Clare, and it's called "First Sight of Spring." Remember 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
06:0309/03/2020
Robert Hass "Heroic Simile"
Today's poem is Robert Hass' "Heroic Simile" - a poem that poets tend to love. Remember 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
09:1706/03/2020
Howard Nemerov's "Learning the Trees"
Today's poem is Howard Nemerov's "Learning the Trees" shared in commemoration of his 100th birthday which was on February 29th. Remember 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
09:3005/03/2020
Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"
Today's poem is Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem, "Jabberwocky." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:3503/03/2020
Richard Lovelace's "To Althea, from Prison"
Today's poem is Richard Lovelace's "To Althea, from Prison" - a classic from the seventeenth century. If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you access podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:3902/03/2020
Ryan Wilson's "For a Dog"
Today's poem is by the great contemporary formalist, Ryan Wilson, and it's called "For a Dog." If you like this show, 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
08:4728/02/2020
Wendell Berry's "A Purification"
Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "A Purification."Remember to rate and review 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
05:2227/02/2020
Ted Kooser's "Deep Winter"
Today's poem is Ted Kooser's "Deep Winter." Remember 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
07:0526/02/2020
Lisel Mueller's "Monet Refuses the Operation"
Today's poem is Lisel Mueller's "Monet Refuses the Operation." Remember 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
08:5325/02/2020
Mary Oliver's "Gethsemane"
Today's poem is Mary Oliver's "Gethsemane," a good poem for kicking off the Lenten season. Remember to rate and review wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:4024/02/2020
William Carlos Williams' "The Term"
Today's poem is William Carlos Williams' "The Term" -- with an assist from Wendell Berry. Remember 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
05:5820/02/2020
Edward Thomas' "February Afternoon"
Today's poem is Edward Thomas' "February Afternoon." 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
06:5918/02/2020
Lines from Romeo and Juliet 1.5
Today's poem is a brief passage from act 1, scene 5 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (it was just Valentine's Day after all). Please be sure to rate and review where 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
08:2717/02/2020
Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee"
It's Valentine's Day so it makes sense to read a poem about a tragic romance. So here's Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee." Rememeber 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
08:3614/02/2020
Sally Thomas' "Obscure Constellation in Winter"
Today's poem is from Sally Thomas' new collection, Motherland, out now from Able Muse Press. It's called "Obscure Constellation in Winter." Remember: rate, review, spread the word! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
10:5513/02/2020
Maurice Mannings" "An Old Track in the Woods"
Today's poem is Maurice Mannings" "An Old Track in the Woods." If you like this podcast please be sure to rate and review it 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
09:4312/02/2020
Elizabeth Bishop's "The Map"
Today's poem--another near the anniversary of her death--is Elizabeth Bishop's "The Map." If you like this episode and this podcast 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
09:2411/02/2020
Elizabeth Bishop's "The Moose"
Today's poem is Elizabeth Bishop's "The Moose" (happy birthday to her!). 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
11:2910/02/2020
Stanley Kunitz' "The Round"
Today's poem is Stanley Kunitz' "The Round." Text below. Remember to rate and review the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.Light splashed this morningon the shell-pink anemonesswaying on their tall stems;down blue-spiked veronicalight flowed in rivuletsover the humps of the honeybees;this morning I saw light kissthe silk of the rosesin their second flowering,my late bloomersflushed with their brandy.A curious gladness shook me.So I have shut the doors of my house,so I have trudged downstairs to my cell,so I am sitting in semi-darkhunched over my deskwith nothing for a viewto tempt mebut a bloated compost heap,steamy old stinkpile,under my window;and I pick my notebook upand I start to read aloudthe still-wet words I scribbledon the blotted page:"Light splashed . . ."I can scarcely wait till tomorrowwhen a new life begins for me,as it does each day,as it does each day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
06:5007/02/2020
A.E. Housman's "Loveliest of Trees"
Today's poem is A.E. Housman's "Loveliest of Trees." Remember 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
05:2806/02/2020
Lord Byron's "Stanzas Written on the Road Between Florence and Pisa"
Today's poem is George Gordon Byron's (aka Lord Byron) "Stanzas Written on the Road Between Florence and Pisa." Remember to rate and review this podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
08:0705/02/2020
Louise Bogan's "Men Loved Wholly Beyond Wisdom"
Today's poem is Louise Bogan's "Men Loved Wholly Beyond Wisdom." And remember, when you rate and review the podcast you help us spread the word! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:1404/02/2020
John Greenleaf Whittier's "The Changeling"
Today poem is John Greenleaf Whittier's ballad, "The Changeling."Remember to rate and review the show 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
08:1803/02/2020
Robert Frost's "Design"
Today's poem is Robert Frost's "Design." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:2331/01/2020
Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird"
Today's poem is Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird". Frost died on January 29, 1963. Remember 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
07:0730/01/2020
W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming"
Today's poem is W.B. Yeats' "The Second Coming," perhaps his most famous poem. Remember if you like this show, it helps us spread the word when you 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
06:1529/01/2020
W.B. Yeat's "Adam's Curse"
Yeats-Week continues with his poem "Adam's Curse." Remember 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
06:4728/01/2020
Christina Rosetti's "Birthday"
Today's poem is Christina Rosetti's "Birthday." If you like this show 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
07:2024/01/2020
Trumbull Stickney "Mnemosyne"
Today's poem is Trumbull Stickney "Mnemosyne." If you like this show, please be sure to and review wherever you're listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
10:3723/01/2020
Louise Bogan's "Women"
Today's poem is Louise Bogan's "Women." Remember to rate and review if you like this show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:5222/01/2020
Robert Bridges' "London Snow"
Today's poem is Robert Bridges' "London Snow." If you like this podcast, 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
08:5721/01/2020
W.H. Auden's "In Memory of W.B. Yeats"
Today's poem is one of the great elegies of the twentieth century, W.H. Auden's "In Memory of W.B. Yeats." If you like this show, remember to rate and review it 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
10:3116/01/2020
Richard Wilbur's "Orchard Trees, January"
Today's poem is Richard Wilbur's "Orchard Trees, January." Remember, rate and review to show some love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
07:0715/01/2020
Emily Dickinson's "the sky is low"
Today's poem is Emily Dickinson's "the sky is low, the clouds are mean." Remember, when you rate and review (wherever you get podcast) you help us spread the word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
05:2914/01/2020