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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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Norman Maccaig's "Interruption to a Journey"

2026/04/22

Today’s poem captures the stab and indelible imprint of unintended destruction. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

James Joyce's "On the Beach at Fontana"

2026/04/20

Today’s poem is from an author seldom associated with poetry today, though in his lifetime his verse garnered considerable recognition. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Edward Rowland Sill's "The Fool's Prayer"

2026/04/17

Today’s poem presents two kinds of fools–those who know they need mercy, and those who don’t. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Ellis Parker Butler's "The Final Tax"

2026/04/15

Today’s poem is very much on-brand for Butler, whose best-known short story, “Pigs is Pigs,” concerns “a bureaucratic stationmaster who insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

R. S. Thomas' "The Bright Field"

2026/04/13

In today’s poem the speaker has seen the light. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Jonathan Henderson Brooks' "The Resurrection"

2026/04/10

Now Calvary was loveliness:/Lilies that flowered thereuponPulled off the white moon’s pallid dress,/And put the morning’s vesture on. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

"Pangur Ban"

2026/04/08

Today’s poem, translated by Robin Flowers, was originally written in Old Irish inside an 8th-century scribe’s copy of St. Paul’s epistles. However, it reveals its anonymous author to be anything but a bored and disinterested grunt. Happy reading. N.B. Here is a wonderful reading of the poem in Old Irish. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 99"

2026/04/06

Today’s poem is one of Shakespeare’s “irregular” sonnets–he’s got 99 problems (most of them flowers), but strict obedience to the requirements of the sonnet form ain’t one. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Nicholas Samaras' "The Second Death of Lazarus"

2026/04/03

Today’s poem imagines the long life of Lazarus as he awaits, like Eliot’s magi, “another death.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Sean Johnson's "How many beards gild the lapses of time"

2026/04/01

Today’s poem is a hirsute parody of a much better poem. Sorry in advance. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard's "One morn I left him in his bed"

2026/03/30

In the 19th century, poems about the loss of children became a little genre of their own. Today’s poem is a decidedly uncharacteristic example of the form. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Seamus Heaney's "Poem"

2026/03/27

Today’s poem answers the question you never thought to ask: what do a poem, a barnyard, and a marriage have in common? Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Rainer Maria Rilke's "Annunciation to Mary"

2026/03/25

In today’s poem, Rilke (trans. J.B. Leishman) imagines the Annunciation from Gabriel’s perspective. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "Dandelions"

2026/03/23

Today’s poem wonders what it means to recognize and appreciate a gift. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Naomi Shihab Nye's "My Uncle’s Favorite Coffee Shop"

2026/03/20

Today’s poem contemplates the ways and “why”s of saying nothing, before culminating in a shattering pun on “nothing.” Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

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4.8 out of 5

755 reviews

★★★★★

Aliciashome 2026/03/02

🥇👍What a terrible podcast👍🥇

Five stars

★★★★★

Xagete 2025/10/24

Love this podcast

I look forward to these poems and learn so much! Best part is, even though I’ve never enjoyed poetry in the past, I’ve come to really love it and have...

★★★★★

Chattasteff 2025/10/01

Beautiful and sweet break

Sean Johnson’s voice and energy is perfect for infusing a gentle and artful break into the daily horror. Thank you!

★★★★★

Dead Write 2025/06/23

Entertainingly Educational

Worth being a paying supporter.

★★★★☆

Dayflower 2025/09/01

It Used to be Awesome

My kids and I used to love listening to this podcast every day in the car. It was an easy on-the-go morning time routine. I was a little frustrated wh...

★★★★★

c@tarata 2025/06/04

Love this podcast

I love listening to the poems selected as well as the analysis. My 8-year old enjoys listening to these podcasts as well. Highly recommend!

★★★★★

cousinverna 2024/11/23

Astounding range, perfect antidote

The Daily Poem is just what it promises, one poem, from what seems like the entire universe of English language (and some translated) poetry. Sean rea...

★☆☆☆☆

🐈‍⬛🧺💙 2025/05/18

Stale, male, & pale

Narrow range of poetry presented. Women and People of Color look to be an afterthought in this podcast poetry selection. There is such a rich range an...

★☆☆☆☆

LowVisionNan 2025/04/17

Where have daily episodes gone?

Only some of the episodes are in the All Episodes list

★★★★★

OfBilly 2024/11/06

Thankful for this resource!

Well read , well selected daily poems .

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