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Walter de la Mare's "Good-bye"
Today’s poem is about (not) getting the last word. Happy reading.
Walter de la Mare, born on April 25, 1873 in London, is considered one of modern lit…
1 year, 4 months ago
Scott Cairns' "Coracle"
Today’s poem places us on the frontier of new life. Happy reading.
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1 year, 4 months ago
T. S. Eliot’s “East Coker IV”
Today, the obligatory Good Friday poem (because it is excellent).
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1 year, 4 months ago
Carl Sandburg's "Buffalo Dusk"
In today’s poem, Sandburg’s ability to make the same two lines land so differently with so little happening in between is a remarkable feat. Happy re…
1 year, 4 months ago
J. R. R. Tolkien's "When Spring Unfolds the Beechen Leaf"
Today’s poem is sometimes known as “Song of the Ent and the Entwife” because, though Tolkien tinkered with it for more than a decade, it did not take…
1 year, 4 months ago
Franz Wright's "The Raising of Lazarus"
Franz Wright was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up in the Northwest, the Midwest, and California. He earned a BA from Oberlin College in 1977. His …
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Robert Browning's "Home Thoughts from Abroad"
Browning’s 1845 poem captures the affections of every transplant and ex-pat, conjuring the momentary return to a faraway home. Happy reading.
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Mary Oliver's "Breakage"
Mondays go down easier with Mary Oliver. Happy reading.
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1 year, 5 months ago
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (selections)
Today’s selections are characteristic passages from (maybe) the greatest and (certainly) strangest poem in Lyrical Ballads–Coleridge’s Ancient Marine…
1 year, 5 months ago
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Dungeon"
While you can count on one hand the poems Coleridge contributed to Lyrical Ballads, they are some of the most memorable in the collection. Today’s po…
1 year, 5 months ago