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Ron Padgett's "Poem"
Today’s poem is the experience of having duties in the spring time rolled into the experience of reading every poem ever written. Happy reading.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"
Today’s poem is for the Maggies, the Margarets, and for anyone who gets moody in the springtime and can’t explain why. Happy reading.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
Christina Rossetti's "Spring"
“There is no time like Spring that passes by,/Now newly born, and now/Hastening to die.” Happy reading.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
Alexander Pope's "To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday"
Today’s poem argues you don’t have to like birthdays to have a happy one. Happy reading.
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3 months, 4 weeks ago
Randall Jarrell's "Well Water"
Today is the birthday of poet Randall Jarrell, and today’s poem does what birthdays themselves can sometimes do: remind us of the simple glories of e…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
R. S. Thomas' "This"
Today’s poem uses the clever manipulation of a symbol to tease out the heart of male communication. Happy reading.
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4 months ago
Ogden Nash's "Taboo to Boot"
Today’s poem is guaranteed to make you itch. Happy reading.
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4 months ago
Robert Burns' "John Barleycorn"
Today’s poem is about the necessary death and resurrection of the titular figure. Happy reading.
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4 months, 1 week ago
A. R. Ammons' "Poetics"
Today’s poem is about the attention needed to find…a poem. Happy reading.
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4 months, 1 week ago
from Malcolm Guite's "Galahad and the Grail"
Today’s poem, singing of the first trial of Sir Galahad, is an excerpt from Malcolm Guite’s Arthurian ballad, Galahad and the Grail. Happy reading.Ga…
4 months, 1 week ago