The Daily Poem
An audio anthology of the best poetry ever written
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 984
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"
Today’s poem is a Robert Frost classic of which everyone always remembers the wrong part. Happy reading!
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Robert Southey's "His Books"
Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a r…
William Butler Yeats' "When You Are Old"
Today’s poem goes out to all the ‘pilgrim souls.’ Happy reading!
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John Keats' "How many bards gild the lapses of time"
In today’s poem, John Keats isn’t worried about authenticity–and that’s just fine.
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Dorothy Wordsworth's "Loving and Liking"
Today’s poem reminds us how much is sometimes riding on the proper grammatical distinctions.
Born in Cumberland, British Romantic poet and prose writer Dorothy Wordsworth was the third of five childre…
H. D.'s "Eurydice"
Today’s poem features a failed resurrection and a response that spirals through all the customary stages of grief.
Hilda Doolittle was born on September 10, 1886, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She atten…
C. S. Lewis' "Stephen to Lazarus"
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literatur…
Paul Ruffin's "We Write Nasty Notes at the Academic Conference"
Find somebody to watch the kids while you giggle through today’s poem. Happy reading.
Respected editor, publisher, writer and poet, Paul Ruffin often relied upon his experiences growing up in the Sout…
A. E. Stallings' "Dead Language Lesson"
Today’s poem ponders what love makes of language. Happy reading.
A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is the Oxford Professor of Poetry. She grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and studied classics at the University of G…
Scott Cairns' "Musée"
Today’s poem is inspired by one of our favorites here at the Daily Poem.
Librettist, essayist, translator, and author of ten poetry collections, Scott Cairns is Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeri…
Ted Kooser's "After Years"
Ted Kooser, who worked in insurance for thirty-five years before becoming U.S. Poet Laureate, turns 85 today. Many happy returns of the day to him, and happy reading to the rest of you!
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T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Have you measured out your life in coffee spoons? Feeling like a pair of ragged claws today? Afraid to eat messy food while other people are watching? Or are you just channeling a little too much Pol…
William Shakespeare's "It Was a Lover and His Lass"
Happy birthday to the Bard!
NB: Anyone itching to dig deeper into Shakespeare’s plays should look no further than one of our sister podcasts, The Play’s the Thing!
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Louise Glück's "The Wild Iris"
Louise Glück was born in New York City in 1943. She is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Winter Recipes from the Collective (2021); Faithful and Virtuous Night (2014), which won th…
Francis Thompson's "The Hound of Heaven"
Francis Thompson was born in Northwest England in 1859. The son of Catholic converts, as a boy he was initially educated for the priesthood. When he was 18, at his parents' insistence, he entered Owe…
William Ernest Henley's "Invictus"
Today’s poem–benign anthem of the resilient human spirit or a hymn to radical autonomy?–has divided audiences for more than a century.
Born in Gloucester, England, poet, editor, and critic William Ern…
John Donne's "No Man Is an Island"
What do John Donne, Paul Simon, and AC/DC have in common? Today’s poem. Happy reading!
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Walt Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!"
Today it’s Whitman (and Dylan) on the march of progress.
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Wendell Berry's "The Plan"
Today’s poem imagines what you might do when you’re through paying taxes.
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