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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Christmas Bells"
Merry Christmas! The Daily Poem will return next week!
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8 months, 1 week ago
Anna Kamienska's "Elijah Widow"
Today’s poem intimates that it may be better to receive than to give. Happy reading.
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8 months, 1 week ago
Helen Maria Williams' "To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris"
Today’s poem is an ode to the power of holiday baked goods. Happy reading.
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8 months, 2 weeks ago
W. H. Auden's "For the Time Being" pt. 5
Today’s episode brings us to the eternal aftermath of Christmas and the end of For the Time Being. Happy reading.
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8 months, 2 weeks ago
W. H. Auden's "For the Time Being" pt. 4
In today’s installment, St. Simeon has finally seen the light and humanity struggles against itself. Happy reading.
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8 months, 2 weeks ago
W. H. Auden's "For the Time Being" pt. 3
In today’s selections, the shepherds and wise men are the broken fragments of human life being drawn together around the manger. Happy reading.
This …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
W. H. Auden's "For the Time Being" pt. 2
More from Auden’s poem–today the full cast of characters is summoned. Happy reading.
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8 months, 3 weeks ago
W. H. Auden "For the Time Being" pt. 1
This week’s episodes will feature selections from Auden’s lengthy “Christmas Oratorio,” in which he claimed to treat of “a religious event which eter…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ted Kooser's "Christmas Mail"
Today’s poem is for all of the mail carriers. Happy reading.
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8 months, 3 weeks ago
John Robert Lee's "XIX: I often wonder whether the prodigal son"
Today’s poem–from Lee’s new book, After Poems, Psalms–offers memory and the psalter as parallel texts for Lectio Divina. Happy reading.
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8 months, 3 weeks ago