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Robert Frost's "Dust of Snow"
Robert Frost is having one of those days. Happy reading.
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8 months, 4 weeks ago
Mary Mapes Dodge's "A Song for St. Nicholas"
Today’s poem is an appeal to the jolly giver of gifts. Happy reading!For more St. Nick poems, head over to the St. Nicholas Center.
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9 months ago
Luci Shaw's "Holding On"
Today’s poem is a tribute to the kind and lovely Luci Shaw, who died earlier this week. The poem–a contemplation of mortality–is a representative sam…
9 months ago
John Keats' "In drear nighted December"
Today’s poem speaks of speaking the unspeakable, and feeling the un-feelable. Happy reading.
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9 months ago
Jane Kenyon's "Let Evening Come"
Whether your burgeoning inter-holiday malaise needs pruning or a little low-key encouragement, today’s poem (on a Monday, no less!) might be just the…
9 months ago
Dorianne Laux's "A Short History of the Apple"
Today’s poem goes out as a palate-cleanser for everyone who may have lost their relish for eating after the Thanksgiving holiday. Happy reading.
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9 months, 1 week ago
Ben Jonson's "Inviting a Friend to Supper"
Today’s poem is just the thing if you need to make any last-minute invitations to Thanksgiving dinner. Happy reading!
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9 months, 1 week ago
William Matthews' "Onions"
Today’s poem is the perfect prelude to Thanksgiving–not only by whetting the appetite, but by uncovering the hidden glories of one of the most enduri…
9 months, 1 week ago
George Herbert's "Anagram"
Today’s poem, though brief, is arguably “bigger on the inside,” just like its subject. Happy reading.
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9 months, 2 weeks ago
Archibald MacLeish's "Ars Poetica"
It’s one thing to write a poem claiming poetry should show rather than tell; it is another thing entirely for that poem to follow its own advice. Hap…
9 months, 2 weeks ago