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The Daily Poem

Goldberry Studios

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

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5:17

William Butler Yeats' "When You Are Old"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/08

Today’s poem goes out to all the ‘pilgrim souls.’ Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:01

John Keats' "How many bards gild the lapses of time"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/07

In today’s poem, John Keats isn’t worried about authenticity–and that’s just fine. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:36

Dorothy Wordsworth's "Loving and Liking"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/06

Today’s poem reminds us how much is sometimes riding on the proper grammatical distinctions.Born in Cumberland, British Romantic poet and prose writer Dorothy Wordsworth was the third of five children. Her mother died when Wordsworth was six, and she moved to Halifax to live with her aunt. In 1781 she enrolled in Hipperholme Boarding School. When her father died in 1783, the family’s financial situation worsened and the children were sent to live with their uncles. Wordsworth changed schools,

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3:59

Emily Dickinson's "Tell all the truth but tell it...

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/04

Today’s poem is almost too bright for our infirm delight. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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6:19

H. D.'s "Eurydice"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/02

Today’s poem features a failed resurrection and a response that spirals through all the customary stages of grief.Hilda Doolittle was born on September 10, 1886, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She attended Bryn Mawr College, where she was a classmate of Marianne Moore. Doolittle later enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, where she befriended Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams.H.D. published numerous books of poetry, including Flowering of the Rod (Oxford University Press, 1946); Red Roses

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5:04

C. S. Lewis' "Stephen to Lazarus"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/05/01

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement.Lewis wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of

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6:26

Paul Ruffin's "We Write Nasty Notes at the Academic...

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/30

Find somebody to watch the kids while you giggle through today’s poem. Happy reading.Respected editor, publisher, writer and poet, Paul Ruffin often relied upon his experiences growing up in the South as a foundation for his stories. He was born in Millport, Alabama, and grew up outside Columbus, Mississippi. After serving in the U.S. Army, Ruffin earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English at Mississippi State University. He took post-graduate courses at the University of Southampton

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9:51

A. E. Stallings' "Dead Language Lesson"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/29

Today’s poem ponders what love makes of language. Happy reading.A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is the Oxford Professor of Poetry. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and studied classics at the University of Georgia and Oxford University. Her poetry collections include Like (2018), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Olives (2012), which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award; Hapax (2006); and Archaic Smile (1999), winner of the Richard Wilbur Award and finalist for both the Yale Younger Poets

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9:29

Scott Cairns' "Musée"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/26

Today’s poem is inspired by one of our favorites here at the Daily Poem.Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of ten poetry collections, Scott Cairns is Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Missouri. His poems and essays have appeared in Poetry, Image, Paris Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, and both have been anthologized in multiple editions of Best American Spiritual Writing. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2006, and the Denise Levertov Award in

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7:05

Ted Kooser's "After Years"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/25

Ted Kooser, who worked in insurance for thirty-five years before becoming U.S. Poet Laureate, turns 85 today. Many happy returns of the day to him, and happy reading to the rest of you! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:25

T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/24

Have you measured out your life in coffee spoons? Feeling like a pair of ragged claws today? Afraid to eat messy food while other people are watching? Or are you just channeling a little too much Polonius? If so, today’s poem–the classic modernist anthem of insecurity and isolation (and mermaids)–will feel very familiar. Happy reading!(And for an even better reading of this poem, you should discover Jeremy Irons reading Eliot’s complete poems.) Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at

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7:54

William Shakespeare's "It Was a Lover and His Lass"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/23

Happy birthday to the Bard!NB: Anyone itching to dig deeper into Shakespeare’s plays should look no further than one of our sister podcasts, The Play’s the Thing! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:24

Louise Glück's "The Wild Iris"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/22

Louise Glück was born in New York City in 1943. She is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Winter Recipes from the Collective (2021); Faithful and Virtuous Night (2014), which won the National Book Award; Poems: 1962-2012 (2012), winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and The Wild Iris (1992), which won the Pulitzer Prize; and Ararat (1990), which won the Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry from the Library of Congress. In 2020, Glück was awarded the Nobel Prize

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11:38

Francis Thompson's "The Hound of Heaven"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/19

Francis Thompson was born in Northwest England in 1859. The son of Catholic converts, as a boy he was initially educated for the priesthood. When he was 18, at his parents' insistence, he entered Owens College in Manchester to follow in his father's footsteps and study medicine. But before long, he left for London hoping to pursue what he believed was his true vocation of being a writer. As a result of ill health and subsequent medical treatment, like many before him, Thompson became addicted to

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10:09

William Ernest Henley's "Invictus"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/18

Today’s poem–benign anthem of the resilient human spirit or a hymn to radical autonomy?–has divided audiences for more than a century.Born in Gloucester, England, poet, editor, and critic William Ernest Henley was educated at Crypt Grammar School, where he studied with the poet T.E. Brown, and the University of St. Andrews. His father was a struggling bookseller who died when Henley was a teenager. At age 12 Henley was diagnosed with tubercular arthritis that necessitated the amputation of one of

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0:27

John Donne's "No Man Is an Island"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/17

What do John Donne, Paul Simon, and AC/DC have in common? Today’s poem. Happy reading! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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10:04

Walt Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/16

Today it’s Whitman (and Dylan) on the march of progress. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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Wendell Berry's "The Plan"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/15

Today’s poem imagines what you might do when you’re through paying taxes. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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12:16

Seamus Heaney's "A Basket of Chestnuts"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/12

Today’s poem is an ekphrasis on a portrait of the poet himself–all that the portrait does and doesn’t capture or convey. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:10

Billy Collins' "Candle Hat"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/04/11

Today’s poem is a lighter take on the self-portrait ekphrasis. What is it about the self-portrait that is so intriguing to poets, anyway? Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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