1,172
Episodes
377
Transcribed
1,348
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2018
First episode

About The Daily Poem

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 (https://dailypoempod.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher
Goldberry Studios
Category
arts · kids & family
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
22 Aug 2018
Latest episode
18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

377 of 1,172 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Marsden Hartley’s “Salutations to a Mouse”

  2. 17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Annie Dillard’s “How we spend our days”

  3. 16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Algernon Charles Swinburne’s “Sestina”

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Marsden Hartley’s “Salutations to a Mouse”

Published 18 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The self-deprecating poem is probably its own sub-genre of poetry, maybe a sub-sub-genre. There's the Ars Poetica, there's the poem that speaks about the creative process, the poetic voice that is self-aware of this fact that it is writing a poem for you to read or hear. Maybe this kind of poem fits under that broader umbrella. This poem is self-aware, but it's also not too self-satisfied. There is a real human moment here when one comes back to find that their manuscript has been chewed up and carried off by a mouse. And then the simple acknowledgement that perhaps the mouse has put the poem to better use than others would have, than perhaps the poet himself would have. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.8 / 5
766 ratings
Spotify
4.7 / 5
582 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

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Engagement
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