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The Daily Poem

An audio anthology of the best poetry ever written

Presented by the Close Reads Podcast Network, The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and E..E Cummings, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous
Latest Episode7/7/2020

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.
7/6/2020

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.
7/3/2020

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!
7/2/2020

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.
7/1/2020

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.
6/30/2020

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.
6/29/2020

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."