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Funeral Blues

England, W. H. Auden

By W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, England. Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with …

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Portrait of the Poet As Landscape

A.M. Klein, Canada, Ukraine

By A.M. Klein, 1909–1972, Ukraine/Quebec. INot an editorial-writer, bereaved with bartlett,mourns him, the shelved Lycidas.No actress squeezes a glycerine tear for him.The radio broadcast lets …

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Firing Squad

daily poem, Ilya Kaminsky, Ukraine

By Ilya Kaminsky, b.1977, Ukraine. On balconies, sunlight. On poplars, sunlight on our lips.Today no one is shooting.A girl cuts her hair with imaginary scissors—the …

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A Portable Paradise

daily poem, England, Roger Robinson, Trinidad

By Roger Robinson, b.1982, Trinidad/England. And if I speak of Paradise,then I’m speaking of my grandmotherwho told me to carry it alwayson my person, concealed, …

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I Choose The Mountain

daily poem, England, Howard Simon

By Howard Simon, 1960-2013, England. The low lands call I am tempted to answer They are offering me a free dwelling Without having to conquer …

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On The Ning Nang Nong

daily poem, England, Kids Poetry, Spike Milligan

By Spike Milligan, 1918-2002, England. On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! and the monkeys all say BOO! There’s a Nong Nang …

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Sonnets from the Portuguese 43: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways

daily poem, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, England

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806-1861, England. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy …

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Love Armed

Aphra Behn, daily poem, England

By Aphra Behn, 1640-1689, England. Love in Fantastic Triumph sat, Whilst Bleeding Hearts around him flowed, For whom Fresh pains he did Create, And strange …

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Solitude

A.A. Milne, daily poem, England, Kids Poetry

By A.A. Milne, 1882-1956, England. I have a house where I goWhen there’s too many people,I have a house where I goWhere no one can be;I …

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A Fairy Song

daily poem, England, William Shakespeare

From “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Act 2, Scene 1) by William Shakespeare. Over hill, over dale,Thorough bush, thorough brier,Over park, over pale,Thorough flood, thorough fire!I …

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