Today’s poem is not the one you should read at graduation parties this month. Happy reading.
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Lisa Olstein's "Dear One Absent This Long While"
18/05/2026 | 5 mins.
Today’s poem–from Olstein’s first collection, Radio Crackling, Radio Gone (2006)–is a melancholy collection of the little things we’d like to say to someone who isn’t there. Happy reading.
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Ron Padgett's "Poem"
15/05/2026 | 4 mins.
Today’s poem is the experience of having duties in the spring time rolled into the experience of reading every poem ever written. Happy reading.
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Gerard Manley Hopkins' "Spring and Fall"
13/05/2026 | 3 mins.
Today’s poem is for the Maggies, the Margarets, and for anyone who gets moody in the springtime and can’t explain why. Happy reading.
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Christina Rossetti's "Spring"
11/05/2026 | 3 mins.
“There is no time like Spring that passes by,/Now newly born, and now/Hastening to die.” Happy reading.
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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.
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