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H.D.'s "Sheltered Garden"
Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist, associated with the early 20th-century avant…
5 years, 6 months ago
Howard Nemerov's "Watching Football on TV"
Howard Nemerov (February 29, 1920 – July 5, 1991) was an American poet. He was twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, f…
5 years, 6 months ago
Happy 100th Birthday to Richard Wilbur
In today's episode, David shares three poems by the great Richard Wilbur, who was born 100 years ago today.
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5 years, 6 months ago
Henry Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song …
5 years, 6 months ago
James Russell Lowell's "The Sirens"
James Russell Lowell (/ˈloʊəl/; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated wi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Edna St. Vincent Millay's "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"
Bio via Britannica.com:
Edna St. Vincent Millay, (born February 22, 1892, Rockland, Maine, U.S.—died October 19, 1950, Austerlitz, New York), American…
5 years, 6 months ago
Philip Larkin's "First Sight"
Today's poem is for those snowed in and ready for spring.
Bio via Wikipedia:
Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was a…
5 years, 6 months ago
W.H. Auden's "Ode to the Medieval Poets"
Yesterday was W.H. Auden's birthday, so here's one of his great ones.
Bio via Wikipedia:
Wystan Hugh Auden (/ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən/; 21 February 1907 –…
5 years, 6 months ago
Nancy Willard's "The Snow Arrives after Long Silence"
A poem dedicated to this long, cold winter.
Nancy Willard (June 26, 1936 – February 19, 2017)[1] was an American writer: novelist, poet, author and o…
5 years, 6 months ago
James Matthew Wilson's "A Common Tongue"
Wilson is a poet and critic of contemporary poetry, whose work appears regularly in such magazines and journals as First Things, The Wall Street Jou…
5 years, 6 months ago