The Daily Poem

Today’s poem weathers the unfriendliness of the natural world. Happy reading.


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In today’s poem the bard urges his subject not to bury the gifts of Nature in the grave. Happy reading.
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Today’s poem–a masterclass in subtlety and imagery–makes you feel the scale of the farewell before it arrives. Happy reading.


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Today’s poem, translated from the Irish by Seamus Heaney, delivers precisely what the title promises. Happy reading.


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Today’s poem praises September and mystifies it with a coy turn in the final stanza. Enjoy the last day of this finest of months. Happy reading.


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