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Wendell Berry’s “The Guest”
09/09/2026 | 3 mins.
Today’s poem confesses the discomfort and undesirability of loving our neighbor. Happy reading.

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Wendell Berry’s “In a Motel Parking Lot, Thinking of Dr. Williams”
07/09/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem is part tribute, part poetic manifesto. Happy reading.

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Jane Austen’s “Mock Panegyric on a Young Friend”
04/09/2026 | 2 mins.
Today’s poem marshals Austen’s characteristic wit to praise feminine virtues via comparison to American geography. Fellas, don’t try this at home. Happy reading.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Grief”
02/09/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem, pitting Victorian stoicism against Victorian sentimentality, contends that the truest grief is the most austere and long-lived. Happy reading.

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Wendell Berry’s “Testament”
01/09/2026 | 5 mins.
Composed in 1971 as a self-eulogy, today’s poem is a remembrance of Wendell Berry who embarked for the greater Port Royal yesterday at the age of 92. May his memory be eternal.

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The Daily Poem offers one essential poem each weekday morning. From Shakespeare and John Donne to Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson, The Daily Poem curates a broad and generous audio anthology of the best poetry ever written, read-aloud by David Kern and an assortment of various contributors. Some lite commentary is included and the shorter poems are often read twice, as time permits. The Daily Poem is presented by Goldberry Studios. dailypoempod.substack.com

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