The Daily Poem

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The Daily Poem episodes

  • Katherine Larson's "Metamorphoses"
    Katherine Larson is a poet and a molecular biologist, a fascinating combination that shows up in today's poem, "Metamorphoses."

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    6 min
  • Robert Pinsky's "Poem with lines in any order"

    Today's poem is one I found when reading Robert Hass' book, A Little Book on Form. It's called "poem with lines in any order" and its by Robert Pinsky.



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    6 min
  • John Clare's "The Nightengale's Nest"
    Today's poem is John Clare's "The Nightingale's Nest" -- a poem that was unpublished and unknown until 1979.

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    9 min
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring"
    Today's poem is Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring."

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    8 min
  • Ted Kooser's "Abandoned Farmhouse"

    Today's poem is from the great Ted Kooser, and its called "Abandoned Farmhouse."


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    8 min
  • Thomas Merton's "Elegy for the Monastery Barn"

    Today's poem is Thomas Merton's "Elegy for the Monastery Barn." Thanks to Heidi White for filling in for David today.


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    12 min
  • Seamus Heaney's "The Railway Children"
    Today's poem is from the great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney, and it's called "The Railway Children."

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    7 min
  • Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers"
    Today's poem is Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers".

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    6 min
  • William Blake's "The Tyger"
    Today's episode features a special guest who joined David to discuss William Blake's "The Tyger" -- a poem which reminds him of Calvin and Hobbes!

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    9 min
  • R.S Thomas' "90th Birthday"
    Today is Heidi White's birthday so it seemed only right to give her a chance to share one of her favorite poems. So today she fills in for David and reads R.S Thomas' "90th Birthday." Happy Birthday to Heidi!

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    10 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.

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