The Daily Poem
Summary: 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 written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits.The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Today's poem is a spiritual called "Many Thousand Gone" (also known as "No More Auction Block"). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Paul Laurence Dunbar's heartbreaking poem, "We Wear the Mask." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Countee Cullen's "To the Swimmer." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Jean Toomer's "Harvest Song." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Gwendolyn Brooks' heartbreaking and beautiful poem, "The Children of the Poor." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Robert Hayden's "Frederick Douglass." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Nikki Giovanni's "Rosa Parks". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Langston Hughes' "Let America Be America Again." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Paul Laurence Dunbar's "Sympathy," an important poem worth knowing during these days of protest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Garden week continues with E. Nesbit's "The Despot." A poem that takes a different approach than many other garden-themed poems. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Garden week on continues with W.H. Auden's poem, "Their Lonely Betters." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Now that summer is here, it's garden week here at The Daily Poem! Each poem selected will have to do with the themes of gardens and gardening. Up first if Andrew Marvell's very famous seventeenth century poem, "The Garden." See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is by Robert Frost, the great American poet, and it's called "Acquainted with the Night." If you like this episode please be sure to rate and review wherever you get podcasts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's episode is from Mark Van Doren and Heidi White and Tim McIntosh join David to discuss it briefly . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's poem is Walt Whitman's "A Noiseless Patient Spider" -- a wonderful poem for memorization. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
