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The Daily Poem

An audio anthology of the best poetry ever written

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 audio anthology of the best poetry ever writte
Latest Episode12/22/2020

Luci Shaw's "Advent Visitation"

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's advent and Christmas-themed poems with you. Up next: "Advent Visitation. "Biography from LuciShaw.comLuci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A 1953 high honors graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of eleven volumes of poetry includingSea Glass: New & Selected Poems(WordFarm, 2016),Thumbprint in the Clay: Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace(InterVarsity Press, 2016),Polishing the Petoskey Stone(Shaw, 1990),Writing the River(Pinon Press, 1994/Regent Publishing, 1997),The Angles of Light(Waterbrook, 2000),The Green Earth: Poems of Creation(Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002), has edited three poetry anthologies and a festschrift,The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L’Engle, (Shaw, 1998). Her most recent books areWhat the Light Was Like(Word Farm),Accompanied by Angels(Eerdmans),The Genesis of It All(Paraclete), andBreath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit(Nelson). Her poetic work and essays have been widely anthologized. Shaw has authored several non-fiction prose books, includingWater My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life(Zondervan) andThe Crime of Living Cautiously(InterVarsity). She has also co-authored three books with Madeleine L’Engle,WinterSong(Regent),Friends for the Journey(Regent), andA Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends(Augsburg/Fortress).
12/22/2020

Luci Shaw's "Advent Visitation"

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's advent and Christmas-themed poems with you. Up next: "Advent Visitation. "Biography from LuciShaw.comLuci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A 1953 high honors graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in Residence at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.A charter member of the Chrysostom Society of Writers, Shaw is author of eleven volumes of poetry includingSea Glass: New & Selected Poems(WordFarm, 2016),Thumbprint in the Clay: Divine Marks of Beauty, Order and Grace(InterVarsity Press, 2016),Polishing the Petoskey Stone(Shaw, 1990),Writing the River(Pinon Press, 1994/Regent Publishing, 1997),The Angles of Light(Waterbrook, 2000),The Green Earth: Poems of Creation(Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002), has edited three poetry anthologies and a festschrift,The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L’Engle, (Shaw, 1998). Her most recent books areWhat the Light Was Like(Word Farm),Accompanied by Angels(Eerdmans),The Genesis of It All(Paraclete), andBreath for the Bones: Art, Imagination & Spirit(Nelson). Her poetic work and essays have been widely anthologized. Shaw has authored several non-fiction prose books, includingWater My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life(Zondervan) andThe Crime of Living Cautiously(InterVarsity). She has also co-authored three books with Madeleine L’Engle,WinterSong(Regent),Friends for the Journey(Regent), andA Prayer Book for Spiritual Friends(Augsburg/Fortress).
12/21/2020

Luci Shaw's "Some Christmas Stars"

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's Christmas-themed poems with you. Up first, a poem that suits this week's astronomical happenings!
12/19/2020

Wendell Berry's "Remembering That It Happened Once"

Wendell Berry, in fullWendell Erdman Berry, (bornAugust5, 1934, Port Royal, Kentucky, U.S.), American author whose naturepoetry, novels of America’s rural past, and essays on ecological responsibility grew from his experiences as a farmer. -- Bio via Britannica.com
12/17/2020

W.H. Davies' "Winter's Beauty"

William Henry Davies, (born July 3, 1871,Newport,Monmouthshire, Wales—died Sept. 26, 1940, Nailsworth,Gloucestershire, Eng.), English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of thepoetryof most of his Georgian contemporaries. --Bio via Britannica.com
12/16/2020

Rowan William's "Advent Calendar"

Rowan Williams, in fullRowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth in the City and County of Swansea, (born June 14, 1950,Swansea, Wales), 104tharchbishop of Canterbury(2002–12), a noted theologian, archbishop of theChurch in Wales(2000–02), and the first archbishop of Canterbury in modern times chosen from outside theChurch of England. -- Bio via Britannica.com.
12/15/2020

Robert Frost's "An Old Man's Winter Night"

Robert Frost, in fullRobert Lee Frost, (born March 26, 1874, San Francisco,California, U.S.—died January 29, 1963, Boston, Massachusetts), American poet who was much admired for his depictions of the rural life ofNew England, his command of Americancolloquialspeech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations. -- Bio via Britannica.com
12/15/2020

Happy Birthday, Jim Harrison!

Jim Harrison, byname ofJames Thomas Harrison, (born December 11, 1937,Grayling,Michigan, U.S.—died March 26, 2016, Patagonia, Arizona), American novelist and poet known for his lyrical treatment of the human struggle between nature and domesticity. Arguably his most famous work wasLegends of the Fall(1979; films 1990 and 1994), a collection of three novellas about a Montana rancher and his three sons, the latter of whom all love the same woman. -- Bio via Britannica.com