The Daily Poem
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R. S. Thomas' "I Was Vicar of Large Things"
Today's poem is R. S. Thomas' "I Was Vicar of Large Things." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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 Bishop's "A Summer's Dream"
Today's poem is Elizabeth Bishop's "A Summer's Dream." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Shakespeare's "this royal throne of kings" soliloquy
Today's poem is from John of Gaunt's soliloquy in Shakeapeare's Richard II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Wendell Berry's "To My Mother"
In honor of his 86th birthday, today's poem is Wendell Berry's "To My Mother." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Rachel Richardson's "Shearwater"
Today's poem is Rachel Richardson's "Shearwater." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Charlotte Turner Smith's "Huge Vapours Brood Above the Clift'd Shore"
Today's poem is Charlotte Turner Smith's "Huge Vapours Brood Above the Clift'd Shore." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Franz Wright's "Auto-Lullaby"
Today poem is Franz Wright's "Auto-Lullaby." This episode also includes information on our next kids poetry competition! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Lynda Hull's "Insect Life of Florida"
Today's poem is Lynda Hull's "Insect Life of Florida." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
Camille Dungy's "Trophic Cascade"
Today's poem is Camille Dungy's "Trophic Cascade." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
Kimberly Johnson's "Big Finish"
Today's poem is Kimberly Johnson's "Big Finish." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
Natasha Tretheway's "Family Portrait"
Today's poem is Natasha Tretheway's "Family Portrait." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
Sarah Teasale's "The Answer"
Today poem is Sarah Teasale's "The Answer." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus"
Today's poem is Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus," the poem you will find inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
"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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
Jean Toomer's "Harvest Song"
Today's poem is Jean Toomer's "Harvest Song." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass"
Today's poem is Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks"
Today's poem is Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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
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. 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