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The Daily Poem

Goldberry Studios

Arts Kids & Family

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William Carlos Williams' "Love Song"
13/03/2026 | 5 mins.
Today’s poem captures the agonies and ecstacies of thinking about the absent beloved. Happy reading.

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Rhina P. Espaillat’s “Butchering”
11/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem employs an image worthy of Homer to touch the stark reality of a mother’s intuition. Happy reading.

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Beowulf prepares for battle
09/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem is a selection from the Old English, Beowulf, translated by R. M. Liuzza. In these lines, Beowulf prepares for a harrowing showdown with Grendel’s mother, and the cold, clear beauty of the lines almost makes you wish you were there. Happy reading.

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T. S. Eliot's "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"
06/03/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem answers the question: if cats are the animal world’s “Napoleon of crime,” who is the cat world’s “Napoleon of crime?” Happy reading.

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Robert Graves' Proem to The Iliad
04/03/2026 | 5 mins.
Today’s poem comes from Graves’ verse/prose rendering of Homer’s Iliad, The Anger of Achilles, and highlights the inglorious causes of the Trojan War’s glorious climax. Happy reading.

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About The Daily Poem

The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, 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. dailypoempod.substack.com

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