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October 29, 2020 William Wordsworth's "London, 1802"
Today's poem is by "William Wordsworth, (born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, England—died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland), English poet whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the English Romantic movement." --bio from Britannica.com.
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8 min
October 27, 2020 Carl Sandberg's "The Long Shadow of Lincoln - A Litany"
Today's poem is by Carl Sandburg, (born Jan. 6, 1878, Galesburg, Ill., U.S.—died July 22, 1967, Flat Rock, N.C.), American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist. --Britannica.com
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7 min
October 26, 2020 Song of Songs: Chapter 8
Today's poem comes from one of the more famous passages of religious writing -- Song of Songs, chapter 8.
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12 min
October 13, 2020 Wendell Berry's "1997"
Wendell Berry, in full Wendell Erdman Berry, (born August 5, 1934, Port Royal, Kentucky, U.S.), American author whose nature poetry, novels of America’s rural past, and essays on ecological responsibility grew from his experiences as a farmer. --Brittanica.com
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9 min
October 09, 2020 2 Poems for Autumn from Sally Thomas
On today's show: two sonnets from Sally Thomas for autumn. You can read them here: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/poetry/two-sonnets-sally-thomas

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Sally Thomas is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and teacher. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1964, holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University, and has pursued graduate coursework in English and creative writing at the University of Memphis and the University of Utah. She has taught in both the high-school and university classroom, as well as in online programs for homeschooled high-school students. Additionally, she has served as poet-in-residence in various elementary, middle, and high-school settings in the United States and Great Britain, where she lived from 1999 to 2003.

She lives with her theologian husband and the youngest two of their four children in North Carolina. A home educator and advocate for the Charlotte Mason educational philosophy, as well as a working writer, she is available for reading or speaking engagements at literary or home-education events. Sally’s most recent book is Motherland: Poems (Able Muse, 2020). Twitter: @SallyThomasNC

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11 min
October 08, 2020 Louise Glück: Winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
Louise Glück, in full Louise Elisabeth Glück, (born April 22, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.), American poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the difficult, and the painful resulted in a body of work characterized by insight and a severe lyricism. In 2020 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, cited “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” - Britannica.com
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7 min
October 07, 2020 Rhina Espaillat's "Gardening"
Rhina P. Espaillat has published ten full-length books and three chapbooks, comprising poetry, essays, and short stories, in both English and her native Spanish, and translations from and into both languages. Her work appears in many journals, anthologies, and websites, and has earned national and international awards, including the T. S. Eliot Prize in Poetry, the Richard Wilbur Award, the Howard Nemerov Prize, the May Sarton Award, the Robert Frost “Tree at My Window” Prize for translation, several honors from the New England Poetry Club, the Poetry Society of America, the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Salem State College.
Espaillat’s most recent publications are two poetry collection in English titled Playing at Stillness and Her Place in These Designs; a book of Spanish translations titled Oscura fruta/Dark Berries: Forty-Two Poems by Richard Wilbur; and a book of Spanish translations titled Algo hay que no es amigo de los muros/Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall: Forty Poems by Robert Frost. She is a frequent reader, speaker and workshop leader, and is active with the Powow River Poets, a literary group she cofounded in 1992.

-Bio via rhinaespaillat.com.

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9 min
October 06, 2020 Elizabeth Bishop's "A Miracle for Breakfast"
Elizabeth Bishop, (born Feb. 8, 1911, Worcester, Mass., U.S.—died Oct. 6, 1979, Boston, Mass.), American poet known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her short stories and her poetry first were published in The New Yorker and other magazines. -- Britannica.com
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11 min
October 05, 2020 Wallace Stevens' "Anecdote of a Jar"
Wallace Stevens, (born Oct. 2, 1879, Reading, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 2, 1955, Hartford, Conn.), American poet whose work explores the interaction of reality and what man can make of reality in his mind. It was not until late in life that Stevens was read at all widely or recognized as a major poet by more than a few. --Bio via Britannica.com
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9 min
October 02, 2020 Alice Cary's "Autumn"
Alice Cary (b. April 26, 1820, Mount Healthy, near Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—d. February 12, 1871, New York, New York) and Phoebe Cary (b. September 4, 1824, Mount Healthy, near Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—d. July 31, 1871, Newport, Rhode Island) were also noted for their involvement in the women’s rights movement. --Bio via Britannica.com
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7 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.