The Daily Poem
An audio anthology of the best poetry ever written
Goldberry Studios
Show overview
The Daily Poem has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 893 episodes. That works out to roughly 110 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 5 min and 9 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 57 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 263 episodes published. Published by Goldberry Studios.
From the publisher
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
Latest Episodes
View all 893 episodesGerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"
Christina Rossetti's "Spring"
Alexander Pope's "To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday"
Randall Jarrell's "Well Water"
R. S. Thomas' "This"
Ogden Nash's "Taboo to Boot"
Robert Burns' "John Barleycorn"
A. R. Ammons' "Poetics"
from Malcolm Guite's "Galahad and the Grail"
Norman Maccaig's "Interruption to a Journey"
James Joyce's "On the Beach at Fontana"
Edward Rowland Sill's "The Fool's Prayer"
Ellis Parker Butler's "The Final Tax"
R. S. Thomas' "The Bright Field"
Jonathan Henderson Brooks' "The Resurrection"
"Pangur Ban"
William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 99"
Nicholas Samaras' "The Second Death of Lazarus"
Today’s poem imagines the long life of Lazarus as he awaits, like Eliot’s magi, “another death.” 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
Sean Johnson's "How many beards gild the lapses of time"
Today’s poem is a hirsute parody of a much better poem. Sorry in advance. 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
Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard's "One morn I left him in his bed"
In the 19th century, poems about the loss of children became a little genre of their own. Today’s poem is a decidedly uncharacteristic example of the form. 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