The Daily Poem

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.)

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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: https://t.co/GzbtUwsVz6

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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.

https://t.co/M2ABsXulwX

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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:

https://t.co/oUJmHQqWJb

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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.

https://t.co/ccY7dmSPWi

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In honor of Notre Dame cathedral, today's poem is Willa Cather's "Paris." https://t.co/ASa6wpF59D

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There are many worthwhile Ash Wednesday poems, but at the request of a listener today's poem is Malcolm Guite's "Ash Wednesday" https://t.co/PYv4sVR1I0

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Today would have been Richard Wilbur's 99 birthday. To mark the occasion here is his (aptly named) poem, "March:" https://t.co/0oMGz29yLQ

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Yesterday was W.H. Auden's birthday so today here's his 1940 villanelle, "If I Could Tell You": https://t.co/tMEm6WdhP2

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Have you ever heard Christine Perrin's lovely poem, "Reading Telemachus"? If not, here's your chance. https://t.co/hwXf5U1LlT

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@kenyonreview @CloseReadsPod goes in-depth on novels of all kinds, weekly. Also produces an all-Shakespeare show, called The Play's the Thing, and Libromania, a show for book nerd stuff.

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It's Valentine's Day (obviously) so here's some romantic (?) lines from From Romeo and Juliet Act 1, Scene 5: https://t.co/Lmz1bqImTs

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In commemoration of the anniversary of #SylviaPlath 's passing, we shared "Two Lovers and a Beachcomber" on The Daily Poem. https://t.co/uLp91MBz5h

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Today's poem is Natasha Tretheway's "Limen" from her 2018 collection, MONUMENT. https://t.co/RdmWnQEfIX

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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" https://t.co/iZNFtiEbpk

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Today's poem is Wallace Stevens' "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour," one of the last poems he wrote. https://t.co/VP7yJrOFiP

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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 https://t.co/4356czXFIV

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Today's #DailyPoem is Longfellow's "Snowflakes" https://t.co/7orFvKzuKP #poetry #Longfellow

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For the evening crowd: Today's #DailyPoem is Sara Teasdale's lovely poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" https://t.co/4NRJ1Xscha

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hey @quip are sub folders on the radar anytime soon?

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Today's #DailyPoem is "Cast Irony" by @ae_stallings, from her excellent new collection, LIKE. https://t.co/CXjzGIfiZf