The Daily Poem

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The Daily Poem episodes

November 02 Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “The Changing Light”
Today’s poem traces the waxing and waning of lights around the Bay City. Happy reading.

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5 min
October 30 Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Knight’s Tomb”
In today’s poem, arboreal imagery indicates the fate of a knight’s soul. Happy reading.

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7 min
October 28 Vernon Watkins’ “Camelot”
Today’s poem feels the deep sadnesses of Arthurian myth in the poet’s native soil. Happy reading.

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7 min
October 26 Lisel Mueller’s “When I am Asked”
Today’s poem offers poetry as a survival mechanism. Happy reading.

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4 min
October 23 Charles G. Eastman’s “The Yellow Corn”
Today’s poem exults unselfconsciously in a rich harvest. Happy reading.

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5 min
October 21 Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking”
Today’s poem meander’s sleepily but steadily through an irregular rhyme scheme and looks back on a day’s work–if not more. Happy reading.

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5 min
October 19 Tracy K. Smith’s “Einstein’s Mother”
Today’s poem offers an implicit encouragement to harried mothers. Happy reading.

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6 min
October 16 Ted Kooser’s “Applesauce”
Today’s poem taps into the powerful connection between food, love, and nostalgia. Happy reading.

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4 min
October 14 Emily Dickinson’s “A Thunderstorm”
Today’s poem is especially topical as The Daily Poem returns after a brief storm delay. Happy reading.

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6 min
October 09 Seamus Heaney’s “Storm on the Island”

Today’s poem weathers the unfriendliness of the natural world. Happy reading.

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4 min

About The Daily Poem

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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.