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T. S. Eliot's "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"
Today’s poem answers the question: if cats are the animal world’s “Napoleon of crime,” who is the cat world’s “Napoleon of crime?” Happy reading.
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5 months, 4 weeks ago
Robert Graves' Proem to The Iliad
Today’s poem comes from Graves’ verse/prose rendering of Homer’s Iliad, The Anger of Achilles, and highlights the inglorious causes of the Trojan War…
6 months ago
Wilfred Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Today’s poem is a sonnet for a war-torn world with a collapsing center.
“…As the oldest of four children born in rapid succession, Wilfred developed …
6 months ago
Wendy Cope's "Men and Their Boring Arguments"
Today’s poem goes out to all of the women who have been stuck between two pugilistic men at a dinner party. Happy reading.
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6 months, 1 week ago
Anna Kamienska's "On the Threshold of the Poem"
Today’s poem asks: “What happens inside a poem?” Happy reading.
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6 months, 1 week ago
Charles Lamb's "Cleanliness"
Today’s poem is a seemingly innocuous enjoinder to handwashing that nevertheless invites a deeper inspection. Happy reading.
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6 months, 1 week ago
Friedrich von Schiller's "Light and Warmth"
Anyone with children can recognize the degree to which we enter this life “Warm with the noble vows of youth,/Hallowing [one’s] true arm to the truth…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
T. S. Eliot's "Ash Wednesday (III)"
Today’s poem is a selection from Eliot’s profound contemplation of conversion and repentance. Happy reading.
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6 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomas Campion's "When to Her Lute Corinna Sings"
In today’s poem, the composer-poet identifies with an object he knows inside and out. Happy reading.
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6 months, 2 weeks ago
Aileen Fisher's "I Like It When It’s Mizzly"
Today’s poem is pure language joy. Happy reading.
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6 months, 3 weeks ago