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The Daily Poem

Goldberry Studios dailypoempod.substack.com
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.

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Episodes

"Lonesome Valley" + The Next Memory Contest!

We have a new memorization contest + a new folk song/poem. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 20, 20195 min

Edgar Allan Poe's "To Helen"

Today's poem, inspired by yesterday's De La Mare poem, is Edgar Allan Poe's "To Helen." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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...

May 17, 20197 min

Walter de la Mare's "The Listeners"

Today's poem is Walter de la Mare's "The Listeners." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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

May 16, 20197 min

Wendell Berry's "Her First Calf"

Today's poem is Wendell Berry's "Her First Calf." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 14, 20195 min

Jane Kenyon's "Not Here"

Today's poem is Jane Kenyon's "Not Here". Remember: Subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 13, 20197 min

Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son"

Today's Mother's Day-themed poem is Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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...

May 10, 20197 min

"Starving to Death on a Government Claim"

Today's poem is a folk song called "Starving to Death on a Government Claim." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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...

May 09, 20199 min

Paul Quenon's "The Mad Monk's Amibition"

Today's poem is Paul Quenon's "The Mad Monk's Amibition." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 08, 20195 min

Christine Perrin's "The Book of Nature"

Today's poem is Christine Perrin's "The Book of Nature." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 07, 20197 min

Rhina Espaillat's "Links"

Today's poem is Rhina Espaillat's "Links." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 06, 20197 min

Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck"

Today's poem is Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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

May 03, 201910 min

Louis MacNeice's "To Posterity"

Today's poem is Louis MacNeice's "To Posterity." Remember: Subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 02, 20195 min

A Home on the Range

Today's poem is the folk song, A Home on the Range . Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

May 01, 20198 min

Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill"

Today's poem is for a listener named Jill, who requested this poem recently. It's "Fern Hill," by the great Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas. Remember: Subscribe, rate, review. 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...

May 01, 201910 min

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 73

Today's poem (read by a special guest) is Shakespeare's Sonnet #73. Remember: Subscribe, rate, review! 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...

Apr 27, 20199 min

William Wordsworth's "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802"

Today's poem is William Wordsworth's "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802" Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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...

Apr 25, 20195 min

William Blake's "London"

Today's poem is William Blake's "London." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

Apr 24, 20195 min

Percy Shelley's "Skylark"

Today's poem is "Skylark" by Percy Shelley. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

Apr 24, 20198 min

John Updike's "Seven Stanzas for Easter"

Today poem is John Updike's "Seven Stanzas for Easter." Remember: Subscribe, rate, review! 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

Apr 22, 20197 min

Christina Rossetti's "Good Friday"

Today's Good Friday-themed poem is "Good Friday" by Christina Rossetti. Remember: Subscribe, rate, review! 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...

Apr 19, 20195 min

Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat"

It's time for another poem dedicated the our younger listeners, so today's poem is Ernest Thayer's comic poem, "Casey at the Bat." Remember: Subscribe, rate, review. 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...

Apr 18, 201912 min

Rhina Espaillat's "Workshop"

Today's poem is "Workshop" by the great Dominican poet, Rhina Espaillat. Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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...

Apr 17, 20197 min

Willa Cather's "Paris"

In honor of Notre Dame Cathedral, today's poem is Willa Cather's "Paris." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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...

Apr 16, 20196 min

Hopkins' "Pied Beauty"

Today's poem is Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Pied Beauty." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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

Apr 16, 20197 min

Stevie Smith's "Black March"

Today's poem is Stevie Smith's "Black March." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

Apr 10, 20197 min

John Donne's "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners"

Today's poem is John Donne's "At the Round Earth's Imagin'd Corners." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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...

Apr 09, 20196 min

Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy"

Today's poem is by Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Miniver Cheevy." Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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

Apr 09, 20196 min

e.e. cummings' [in just-]

Today's poem, another one for spring is e.e. cummings' [in just-]. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! 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...

Apr 05, 20195 min

Elinor Wylie's "Wild Peaches"

Today's poem is Elinor Wylie's "Wild Peaches." Remember: Subscribe, rate, review. 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

Apr 04, 20199 min

Edward Lear's "Yonghy Bonghy Bo"

Today's poem is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, "Yonghy Bonghy Bo." Remember: subscribe, rate, review. 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...

Apr 04, 20195 min
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