Offering one essential poem each weekday morning, curating a broad & generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written. By @closereadspod network.
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We've been at this show for a while now, and have had a few requests to create a Twitter account where people can follow along, so here we go. We will share each day's show here, as well as point you towards worthwhile poetry-related content (interviews, articles, news, etc.)
Today's poem is Ted Kooser's "Splitting an Order," a lovely example of what Kooser does best.
Below is a sample from it.
And here's the episode: shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's poem is presented by guest reader, Maurice Manning. It's Robert Penn Warren's "Boy Wandering in Simms Valley". Listen here or whatever you get podcasts.
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Today's poem is by Longfellow. It's "The Fire of Driftwood" and you can check it out wherever you get podcasts, or listen here:
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Today's poem is Louise Bogan's "Putting Out to Sea" which is a good fall poem if ever there was one.
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In honor of Notre Dame cathedral, today's poem is Willa Cather's "Paris." shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
There are many worthwhile Ash Wednesday poems, but at the request of a listener today's poem is Malcolm Guite's "Ash Wednesday" shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today would have been Richard Wilbur's 99 birthday. To mark the occasion here is his (aptly named) poem, "March:" shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Yesterday was W.H. Auden's birthday so today here's his 1940 villanelle, "If I Could Tell You": shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Have you ever heard Christine Perrin's lovely poem, "Reading Telemachus"? If not, here's your chance. shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
It's Valentine's Day (obviously) so here's some romantic (?) lines from From Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 5: shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
In commemoration of the anniversary of #SylviaPlath 's passing, we shared "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber" on The Daily Poem. shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's poem is Natasha Tretheway's "Limen" from her 2018 collection, MONUMENT. shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's #DailyPoem, presented in honor of the Patriot's Super Bowl victory, comes from the great New England poet: It's Robert Frost's "The Wood Pile" shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's poem is Wallace Stevens' "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour," one of the last poems he wrote. shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
William Butler Yeats died 80 years ago today, so today's #DailyPoem is his classic poem, "The Second Coming," one of the better-known poems of the 21st century. #yeats #poetry shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
For the evening crowd: Today's #DailyPoem is Sara Teasdale's lovely poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's #DailyPoem is "Cast Irony" by @ae_stallings, from her excellent new collection, LIKE. shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…
Today's MLK-day poem is Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy" shows.pippa.io/the-daily-poe…