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Short and unhurried, Poetry Unbound is an immersive exploration of a single poem, hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. Pádraig Ó Tuama greets you at the doorways of brilliant poems and walks you through — each one has wisdom to offer and questions to ask you. Already a listener? There’s also a book (Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World), a Substack newsletter with a vibrant conversation in the comments, and occasional gatherings.
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The Poetry Magazine Podcast takes listeners on an audio journey into and beyond the pages of Poetry. Hear poets share the surprises, confusions, and desires that keep them writing. Hosted by Cindy Juyoung Ok and produced by Rachel James.
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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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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
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Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Ma ...
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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production.
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Radio 3's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance
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Funny, poignant, sentimental, and sometimes controversial thoughts of the day. garrisonkeillor.substack.com
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An almost weekly poetry podcast that features interviews with poets, reviews of poetry books, examinations of individual poems, and investigations of themes in poetry. Sit back, relax, and let poetry speak to you.
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The podcast aims to spread Urdu Adab to people who cannot read or write urdu. It will contain short stories which are meaningful, funny, romantic & sarcastic as well as poetry, literature and other forms of Urdu Adab.
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PoetryNow is a weekly four-minute radio series featuring some of today’s most accomplished and innovative poets who offer an acoustically rich and reflective look into a single poem.
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Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
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The Poetry Translation Centre is dedicated to translating contemporary poetry from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Each week we bring you a new poem podcast from one of the world's greatest living poets, in both the original language and in English translation. To find out more about our work, please visit www.poetrytranslation.org. The Poetry Translation Centre is funded by Arts Council England.
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Poet Major Jackson is your guide on the pathways to feel and understand our common journey – through poetry. In sharing poems, we take a moment to pause and acknowledge the world’s magnitude, and how poets illuminate that mystery. Join The Slowdown for a poem and a moment of reflection in one short episode, every weekday. Produced by APM Studios in partnership with The Poetry Foundation and supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. Ma ...
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Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Australian poetry up late.
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Charlotte Mason Poetry is dedicated to promoting Charlotte Mason’s living ideas. We strive to share an authentic interpretation of Mason’s life work through a combination of original and vintage articles by a wide variety of authors. Our team draws from and transcribes many rare and wonderful documents from the PNEU many of which cannot be found anywhere else on the web.
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Beat poetry set to music. I have spent two years compiling my poetry and these wonderfully talented musicians have helped me bring it to life. There are five core human drives that influence human behavior. To AQUIRE To BOND To LEARN To DEFEND To FEEL .... This podcast is a depiction of what DRIVES ME and how much my experiences have shaped who I am. It is supposed to be altogether meditative, confronting and hopefully...universally relatable. What drives you...? Produced by Christopher Mott ...
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This show is designed to make you think about different issues, and is dome through poetry, spoken word, music and other ways. This show takes no sides as it you will hear things that you will both agree and disagree with. A new episode is brought to you each Sunday and Thursday,
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Poet Laureate Simon Armitage is a former probation officer, DJ and poet celebrated for his witty and profound take on modern life. He writes in the shed in his garden, and in this podcast he invites guests to join him to talk about poetry, creativity, music, art, sheds, sherry and the countryside.
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Thank you for four years of listening! SCS is officially retired as my personal journey has shifted. Please enjoy these episodes and I hope they meet you where you are.
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The poem is allegorical, with multiple meanings. Each episode will cover a canto at a time, summarizing and interpreting the poem based on dozens of commentaries. Check the website for further reading.
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A podcast in which Avren Keating interviews other transgender, genderqueer, and/or gender variant poets about their life and work in order to figure out their place in the world.
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The Poetry Gods are here to show you how to not be wack in 2016 & beyond. Interviews and stories about the people behind the poems. You don't have to love poetry to love the show. Hosted by Aziza Barnes, Jon Sands, and José Olivarez. Artwork by Jess X. Chen. If you dig the show, share the link.
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Subscribe and listen to the cosmically ecstatic love poems of the world's most adored poet, Rumi (Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi), spoken by Adam Siddiq.
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"It is the honourable characteristic of Poetry that its materials are to be found in every subject which can interest the human mind." William Wordsworth The Troubadour Podcast invites you into a world where art is conversation and conversation is art. The conversations on this show will be with some living people and some dead writers of our past. I aim to make both equally entertaining and educational.In 1798 William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge published Lyrical Ballads, which Wordswor ...
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The LRB Podcast brings you weekly conversations from Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Hosted by Thomas Jones and Malin Hay, with guest episodes from the LRB's US editor Adam Shatz, Meehan Crist, Rosemary Hill and more. Find the LRB's new Close Readings podcast in on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or search 'LRB Close Readings' wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Making enemies with the Poetry Foundation and Quillette while falling asleep at work
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The Poetryhood is a community dedicated to creating & celebrating grassroot poetry. We aspire to pioneer a poetic movement through our podcast. In these episodes, you can expect to discover a treasure trove of poetic content, along with inspiring conversations featuring poets and artists, all contributing to the vibrant tapestry of The Poetryhood.
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Today’s poem is The Feeling by Ari Banias. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Tracy K. Smith’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on August 27, 2020. In this episode, Tracy writes… “We are living through what I wan…
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Today’s poem is The Feeling by Ari Banias. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Tracy K. Smith’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on August 27, 2020. In this episode, Tracy writes… “We are living through what I wan…
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Recorded by Keisha-Gaye Anderson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 5, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Conscientious Objector"
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Death has been personified and analogized in myriad ways, but none perhaps so withering as today’s imagining of death as a fascist bureaucrat. 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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‘How useful is it,’ Daniel Trilling asked recently in the LRB, ‘to compare the current global resurgence of right-wing nationalism to fascism?’ In this episode of the podcast Daniel joins TJ to explore the question in light of his review of Richard Seymour’s book Disaster Nationalism. They discuss the continuities between earlier forms of far-right…
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[encore] 303: Telling My Father by James Crews
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[encore] 303: Telling My Father by James Crews
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Recorded by Maya Marshall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 4, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Felix Hope was a writer whose fascinating articles appeared in The Church Quarterly Review, The Parents’ Review, and other vintage periodicals. His contributions to The Parents’ Review spanned the years 1924 to 1931 and included such interesting titles as “Some Thoughts on Reading Old Books.” His articles from 1924…
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[encore] 9: Portrait of the Alcoholic with Withdrawal by Kaveh Akbar
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[encore] 9: Portrait of the Alcoholic with Withdrawal by Kaveh Akbar
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Dior J. Stephens: “a letter to charlie parker”
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Recorded by Dior J. Stephens for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 3, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Jeanne Murray Walker's "The Music Before the Music"
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Jeanne Murray Walker was born in a village of 900 people in northern Minnesota. She was first published by The Atlantic Monthly at age 19. Today she’s the prize-winning author of nine books of poetry. Jeanne serves as a Mentor in the Seattle Pacific University low residency MFA Program and travels widely to give readings and workshops. -bio via Par…
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Today’s poem is Listen, by Barbara Crooker. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Tracy K. Smith’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on October 19, 2020. In this episode, Tracy writes… “Today’s poem offers up a messa…
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Today’s poem is Listen, by Barbara Crooker. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re going back into the archive to revisit Tracy K. Smith’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on October 19, 2020. In this episode, Tracy writes… “Today’s poem offers up a messa…
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Ama Codjoe: “Come One, Come All! Step Right Up! Welcome to the World of Wonders!”
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Recorded by Ama Codjoe for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Ian McMillan's guests celebrate hedges, with poetry from Alison Brackenbury and Testament, singing from Sam Lee, Michael Symmons Roberts explores a poem with a nightingale at its centre, and hedgelayer Paul Lamb records himself walking a hedgerow that's rich in wildlife. This hedge-themed special features a haunted hedge from poet Alison Brackenbur…
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Recorded by Mónica Gomery for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 1, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Recorded by Kirun Kapur for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Guest Editor Interview: June 2025 Guest Editor Omotara James
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Recorded by Mary Sutton and Omotara James for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Today’s poem is a comical maxim that typifies the heavy lifting light verse is capable 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/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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[encore] 821: I Have No Idea What's Going to Happen by Justin Marks
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[encore] 821: I Have No Idea What's Going to Happen by Justin Marks
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Recorded by Staff of the Academy of American Poets and Garrett Hongo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 30, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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[encore] 1113: Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi
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[encore] 1113: Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi
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Recorded by Brandy Nālani McDougall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 29, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Poet Timothy Murphy was born in Hibbing, Minnesota, and graduated from Yale University, where he participated in the Scholar of the House program. He was a partner in a large-scale hog farm and a businessperson. His books include the poetry collections The Deed of Gift (1998), Very Far North (2002), Mortal Stakes • Faint Thunder (2011), Hunter's Lo…
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Close Readings: Nietzsche's 'Schopenhauer as Educator'
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In this extended extract from their series 'Conversations in Philosophy', part of the LRB's Close Readings podcast, Jonathan Rée and James Wood look at one of Friedrich Nietzsche's early essays, 'Schopenhauer as Educator'. For Nietzsche, Schopenhauer’s genius lay not in his ideas but in his heroic indifference, a thinker whose value to the world is…
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[encore] 1168: Refusing Rilke's "You must change your life" by Remica Bingham-Risher
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[encore] 1168: Refusing Rilke's "You must change your life" by Remica Bingham-Risher
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Recorded by Major Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 28, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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By Parviz Shahbazi
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Why Atheism Failed (and How Ayn Rand Can Save It)
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Send us a text Proudly presented at the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) Austin Chapter—learn more and get involved here: FFRF Austin Chapter: [https://austinffrf.org/] Main FFRF Site: [https://ffrf.org/] In this lecture, I explore how Ayn Rand’s Objectivism can strengthen atheist thought by offering a positive, reason-grounded moral framewo…
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Lauren K. Watel on blooming late, showing off, and the question of what's for dinner.By Poetry Foundation
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Lauren K. Watel on blooming late, showing off, and the question of what's for dinner.By Poetry Foundation
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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Helen Wix was a House of Education graduate who played a significant role in the advancement of Charlotte Mason’s ideas during Miss Mason’s lifetime and beyond. As early as 1917 she was promoting the method by speaking at a meeting of Sunday School teachers. The paper she read was published … The post The PNEU Meth…
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[encore] 1201: Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
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[encore] 1201: Try to Praise the Mutilated World by Adam Zagajewski, translated by Clare Cavanagh
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Recorded by Christopher Buckley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 27, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Today’s poem has become one of the most famous 20th-century war poems–in part because of its ability to grant fallen soldiers a voice that is earnestly patriotic without becoming jingoistic. Perhaps the balance is a reflection of the steadiness of the Canadian veteran who penned it. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss …
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[encore] 1029: If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso by Gertrude Stein
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Today’s poem is If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso by Gertrude Stein. The Slowdown is currently taking a break. We’ll be back soon with new episodes from a new host. This week, we’re revisiting some favorites from Major Jackson’s time as host. Today’s episode was originally released on December 27, 2023. The Slowdown is your daily poetr…
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[encore] 1029: If I Told Him, A Completed Portrait of Picasso by Gertrude Stein
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Recorded by Mark Jarman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 26, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Peter Mackay, Tishani Doshi, Scanner, Lorna Goodison
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Ian McMillan's guests are the Scottish Makar Peter Mackay, Jamaican poet Lorna Goodison, as well as Indian dancer and poet Tishani Doshi, and the musician Scanner. Scanner lets us into the baffling and mysterious 'poetry' of album titles by Autechre, Aphex Twin and other electronic music artists. Scanner has worked with Laurie Anderson, and Pauline…
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Recorded by Joy Ladin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 25, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Recorded by Pramila Venkateswaran for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 24, 2025. www.poets.orgBy The Academy of American Poets
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Today’s poem is a Heaney favorite, and goes out to all of the couples tying the knot this summer. 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/subscribeBy Sean Johnson
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