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R.S. Thomas' "The Spring Equinox"
Ronald Stuart Thomas (29 March 1913 – 25 September 2000), published as R. S. Thomas, was a Welsh poet and Anglican priest who was noted for his natio…
5 years, 5 months ago
William Wordsworth's "Written in March"
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age i…
5 years, 5 months ago
2 by Rhina Espaillat
Today's episode features two poems by the great contemporary poet, Rhina Espaillat, both of which were recently published in Plough quarterly.
Hoste…
5 years, 5 months ago
Brutus' speech from Julius Caesar
In honor of the Ideas of March (yesterday), today's poem is Brutus' speech from act III, scene II of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare's wonderful play.
Ho…
5 years, 5 months ago
William Vaughn Moody's "A Gray Day"
William Vaughn Moody (July 8, 1869 – October 17, 1910) was an American dramatist and poet. Moody was author of The Great Divide, first presented unde…
5 years, 5 months ago
John Donne's "The Good 'Morrow"
John Donne (/dʌn/ DUN; 22 January 1572[1] – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later…
5 years, 5 months ago
Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Musical Instrument"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; /ˈbraʊnɪŋ/; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britai…
5 years, 5 months ago
Wendell Berry's Sabbath Poem III (1994)
Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer.[1] He is an …
5 years, 5 months ago
Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal Woman"
Maya Angelou (/ˈændʒəloʊ/ (listen) ANN-jəl-oh;[1][2] born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, an…
5 years, 5 months ago
Anne Spencer's "For Jim, Easter Eve"
Anne Bethel Spencer (born Bannister; February 6, 1882 – July 27, 1975) was an American poet, teacher, civil rights activist, librarian, and gardener.…
5 years, 6 months ago