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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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6:45

Shakespeare's "Let's talk of graves" from Richard II

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/19

Today’s poem from Richard II tells “sad stories of the death of kings” and lowers the curtain on a week of Shakespearean speeches in verse. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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5:31

Shakespeare's "Should we be silent" from Coriolanus

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/18

What do the world’s greatest playwright and Rome’s greatest mama’s boy have in common? Today’s poem–Volumnia pleading with her son in the final Act of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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6:40

Shakespeare's "If I be not ashamed of my soldiers"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/17

In today’s poem, the lovable cad, Sir John Falstaff, explains the dismal state of his troops (and the extra silver in his pocket). The speech is from Henry IV, Part 1, Act 4, Scene 2. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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7:11

Shakespeare's "Be Absolute For Death"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/16

Today’s poem is the “anti-To Be or Not To Be” speech from Act 3, Scene 1 of the underrated Measure For Measure. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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9:18

Shakespeare's "Prologue" to Henry V

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/15

Today’s poem is an example of poetry we forget is poetry. Written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), the opening prologue to Henry V calls the audience’s attention to the tension between the play’s grand and sweeping subject and the theater’s physical limitations. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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10:25

Carl Sandburg's "Little Word, Little White Bird"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/12

Today’s poem comes from Honey and Salt, the last collection Sandburg published before his death.“Trying to write briefly about Carl Sandburg,” said a friend of the poet, “is like trying to picture the Grand Canyon in one black and white snapshot.” His range of interests was enumerated by his close friend, Harry Golden, who, in his study of the poet, called Sandburg “the one American writer who distinguished himself in five fields—poetry, history, biography, fiction, and music.” -Poetry Foundation

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13:37

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Conqueror Worm"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/11

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short fiction writer, critic, and accomplished editor known for his gloomy and sometimes grisly subjects. He pioneered the detective story and is remembered as a master of Gothic and Romantic literature. His works have inspired films, themed restaurants, football teams, and at least one bizarre ritual around his grave. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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3:53

Gelett Burgess' "The Purple Cow"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/10

Today’s poem is one of the most-anthologized works of light verse in the English language–and just plain fun.Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. He is best known as a writer of nonsense verse and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an

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7:25

Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/10

A singer-songwriter, cartoonist, screenwriter, award-winning children’s writer, and actor, Shel Silverstein grew up in Chicago. He started out as a cartoonist before turning to children’s books. Silverstein is the author and illustrator of numerous books, including The Giving Tree (1964), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), A Light in the Attic (1981), and Falling Up (1996). His books have been commended for their appeal to both adults and children.Silverstein’s poems are often darkly humorous,

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9:54

Jane Kenyon's "Taking Down the Tree"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/08

Kenyon published four volumes of poetry during her life: From Room to Room (1978), The Boat of Quiet Hours (1986), Let Evening Come (1990), and Constance (1993), and, as translator, Twenty Poems of Anna Akmatova (1985). Despite her relatively small output, her poetry was highly lauded by critics throughout her lifetime. As fellow poet Carol Muske remarked in the New York Times when describing Kenyon’s The Boat of Quiet Hours, “These poems surprise beauty at every turn and capture truth at its

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3:38

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "The world is a beautiful place"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/05

Today’s poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is another fitting meditation at the beginning of a new year. Happy reading (and listening)! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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4:00

William Carlos Williams' "January"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/04

"There is no optimistic blindness in Williams," wrote Randall Jarrell, "though there is a fresh gaiety, a stubborn or invincible joyousness."-via Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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7:44

Philip Appleman's "To the Garbage Collectors in...

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/04

Poet, novelist, editor, and Darwin expert Philip Appleman was born in Indiana and holds degrees from Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Lyon. He served in US Army Air Corps during World War II, and was a merchant marine after. Appleman is known for his biting social commentary and masterful command of form, and is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, three novels, and half a dozen collections of prose.Art Seidenbaum in the Los Angeles Times described

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8:14

W. S. Merwin's "To the New Year"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/02

William Stanley (W.S.) Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and raised in New Jersey and Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister. His numerous collections of poetry, his translations, and his books of prose have won praise over seven decades. Though his early poetry received great attention and admiration, Merwin would continue to alter and innovate his craft with each new book, and at each stage he served as a powerful influence for poets of his generation and younger poets

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6:20

Robert Burns' "Auld Lang Syne"

The Daily Poem ·

2024/01/01

Happy New Year! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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10:25

Richard Wilbur's "Year's End"

The Daily Poem ·

2023/12/29

Ring out the old year with one of The Daily Poem’s favorite poets–Richard Wilbur. Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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7:37

Wendell Berry's "Satisfactions of the Mad Farmer"

The Daily Poem ·

2023/12/28

Poet, novelist, and environmentalist Wendell Berry lives in Port Royal, Kentucky near his birthplace, where he has maintained a farm for over 40 years. Mistrustful of technology, he holds deep reverence for the land and is a staunch defender of agrarian values. He is the author of over 50 books of poetry, fiction, and essays. His poetry celebrates the holiness of life and everyday miracles often taken for granted. In 2016, Berry was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award by the National

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9:06

Dorianne Laux's "Family Stories"

The Daily Poem ·

2023/12/27

Dorianne Laux is the author of several collections of poetry, including What We Carry (1994), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Smoke (2000); Facts about the Moon (2005), chosen by the poet Ai as winner of the Oregon Book Award and also a finalist for the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; The Book of Men (2011), which was awarded the Paterson Prize; and Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected (2019). She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National

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7:44

John Mason Neale's "Good King Wenceslas"

The Daily Poem ·

2023/12/26

John Mason Neale was born in London to evangelical parents. His father’s early death meant that Neale attended many different schools; he eventually earned a degree from Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, Neale moved from an evangelical to a strongly Anglican religious orientation. He helped found the Cambridge Camden Society, which later became the Ecclesiological Society, at Cambridge in 1839; the group’s main goal was to align church architecture, decoration, and ritual with its

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6:06

Two Poems for Christmas

The Daily Poem ·

2023/12/25

Merry Christmas from The Daily Poem! Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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