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Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier”

2026-11-1104:30

Today’s poem enshrines the short-lived optimism surrounding the “Great War.” Happy reading. 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

Philip Levine’s “What Work Is”

2026-11-0903:16

Today’s poem is about the work work gets in the way of. Happy reading. 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

Lorenzo de’ Medici’s “The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne”

2026-11-0605:07

Today’s poem is a carpe diem lyric penned by the Renaissance patron par excellence: Lorenzo the Magnificent. Happy reading. 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

Dudley Randall’s “Booker T. and W.E.B.”

2026-11-0403:45

Today’s poem offers two ways of being in America–maybe the world–and like so many great poems it is eminently concrete but easily universalized. Happy reading. 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

Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s “The Changing Light”

2026-11-0204:16

Today’s poem traces the waxing and waning of lights around the Bay City. Happy reading. 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

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