The Daily Poem

Wendell Erdman Berry  (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist,  environmental activist ,  cultural critic , and farmer. [1]  He is an elected member of the  Fellowship of Southern Writers , a recipient of  The National Humanities Medal , and the  Jefferson Lecturer  for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of  The American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Berry was named the recipien...

Maya Angelou  ( /ˈændʒəloʊ/  ( listen )  ANN-jəl-oh ; [1] [2]  born  Marguerite Annie Johnson ; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and  civil rights activist . She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and mo...

Anne Bethel Spencer  (born  Bannister ; February 6, 1882 – July 27, 1975) was an American poet, teacher, civil rights activist, librarian, and gardener. While a librarian at the all-black Dunbar High School, a position she held for 20 years, she supplemented the original three books by bringing others from her own collection at home. Though she lived outside New York City, the recognized center of...

Hilda Doolittle  (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist, associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde  Imagist  group of poets, including  Ezra Pound  and  Richard Aldington . She published under the  pen name   H.D. Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discus...

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 , from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1988 to 1990. [1]  For  The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov  (1977), he won the  National Book Award for Poetry , [2]   Pulitzer Prize for Poetry , [3]  and  Bollingen Prize . Nemerov was brother to photographer  D...

In today's episode, David shares three poems by the great Richard Wilbur, who was born 100 years ago today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator whose works include " Paul Revere's Ride ",  The Song of Hiawatha , and  Evangeline . He was the first American to translate  Dante Alighieri 's  Divine Comedy  and was one of the  Fireside Poets  from New England. - Bio via Wikipedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This...

James Russell Lowell  ( /ˈloʊəl/ ; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American  Romantic poet , critic, editor, and  diplomat . He is associated with the  Fireside Poets , a group of  New England writers  who were among the first  American poets  that rivaled the popularity of  British poets . These writers usually used conventional forms and  meters  in their poetry, making them suitable...

Bio via Britannica.com : Edna St. Vincent Millay , (born February 22, 1892,  Rockland ,  Maine , U.S.—died October 19, 1950, Austerlitz, New York), American poet and dramatist who came to personify  romantic  rebellion and bravado in the 1920s. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...

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 an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry,  The North Ship , was published in 1945, followed by two novels,  Jill  (1946) and  A Girl in Winter  (1947), and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second...

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 – 29 September 1973) was an Anglo-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poem...

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 occasional illustrator of  children's books . She won the 1982  Newbery Medal  for  A Visit to William Blake's Inn . [2] - Bio via Wikipedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...

Wilson is a poet and critic of contemporary poetry, whose work appears regularly in such magazines and journals as  First Things ,   The Wall Street Journal ​,  The Hudson Review, Modern Age ,  The New Criterion ,  Dappled Things ,  Measure ,   The Weekly Standard ,  Front Porch Republic ,  The Raintown Review ,  National Review , and  The American Conservative . He has published ten books, includ...

Kate Baer is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and poet based on the East Coast. She has been featured in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar , Vogue.com , Entertainment Weekly , and Literary Hub. Her first book, What Kind Of Woman, is out now with HarperCollins. -Bio via KateBaer.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to di...

In recognition of President's Day, today's poem is in the posthumous voice of Abraham Lincoln, as imagined by Kentucky poet Maurice Manning. Kentucky poet Maurice Manning has published five books of poetry, including  The Common Man , which was one of three finalists for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His first collection,  Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions , was selected for the 2000 Yale Seri...

Joshua Alan Sturgill is the author of As Far As I Can Tell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

E.E. Cummings , in full  Edward Estlin Cummings , (born October 14, 1894,  Cambridge ,  Massachusetts , U.S.—died September 3, 1962, North Conway, New Hampshire), American poet and painter who first attracted attention, in an age of literary experimentation, for his unconventional punctuation and phrasing. Cummings’s name is often styled “e.e. cummings” in the mistaken belief that the poet legally...

Edward Thomas , in full  Philip Edward Thomas , (born March 3, 1878,  Lambeth , London, Eng.—died April 9, 1917,  Arras , France), English writer who turned to  poetry  only after a long career spent producing nature studies and critical works on such 19th-century writers as  Richard Jefferies ,  George Borrow ,  Algernon Charles Swinburne , and  Walter Pater . --Biography via Britannica.com . Hos...

Langston Hughes , in full  James Mercer Langston Hughes , (born February 1, 1902?,  Joplin ,  Missouri , U.S.—died May 22, 1967,  New York , New York), American writer who was an important figure in the  Harlem Renaissance  and made the  African American  experience the subject of his writings, which ranged from  poetry  and plays to novels and newspaper columns. -- Biography from Britannica.com ....

Elizabeth Bishop , (born Feb. 8, 1911,  Worcester , Mass., U.S.—died Oct. 6, 1979,  Boston , Mass.), American poet known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her short stories and her  poetry  first were published in  The New Yorker  and other magazines. --Bio via Britannica.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss t...

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's advent and Christmas-themed poems with you. Up next: "Advent Visitation. " Biography from LuciShaw.com Luci Shaw was born in 1928 in London, England, and has lived in Canada, Australia and the U.S.A. A 1953 high honors graduate of Wheaton College in Illinois, she became co-founder and later president of Harold Shaw Publishers, and since 1988 has been a Writer in...

This week we're sharing Luci Shaw's Christmas-themed poems with you. Up first, a poem that suits this week's astronomical happenings! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Wendell Berry , in full  Wendell Erdman Berry , (born  August  5, 1934, Port Royal, Kentucky, U.S.), American author whose nature  poetry , novels of America’s rural past, and essays on ecological responsibility grew from his experiences as a farmer. -- Bio via Britannica.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...

William Henry Davies , (born July 3, 1871,  Newport ,  Monmouthshire , Wales—died Sept. 26, 1940, Nailsworth,  Gloucestershire , Eng.), English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the  poetry  of most of his Georgian contemporaries. --Bio via Britannica.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Rowan Williams , in full  Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth in the City and County of Swansea , (born June 14, 1950,  Swansea , Wales), 104th  archbishop of Canterbury  (2002–12), a noted theologian, archbishop of the  Church in Wales  (2000–02), and the first archbishop of Canterbury in modern times chosen from outside the  Church of England . -- Bio via Britannica.com . Hoste...