Today’s poem, singing of the first trial of Sir Galahad, is an excerpt from Malcolm Guite’s Arthurian ballad, Galahad and the Grail. Happy reading.Galahad and the Grail is available from all booksellers, or in special editions direct from the publisher.
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Norman Maccaig's "Interruption to a Journey"
22/04/2026 | 5 min
Today’s poem captures the stab and indelible imprint of unintended destruction. Happy reading.
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James Joyce's "On the Beach at Fontana"
20/04/2026 | 4 min
Today’s poem is from an author seldom associated with poetry today, though in his lifetime his verse garnered considerable recognition. Happy reading.
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Edward Rowland Sill's "The Fool's Prayer"
17/04/2026 | 4 min
Today’s poem presents two kinds of fools–those who know they need mercy, and those who don’t. Happy reading.
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Ellis Parker Butler's "The Final Tax"
15/04/2026 | 3 min
Today’s poem is very much on-brand for Butler, whose best-known short story, “Pigs is Pigs,” concerns “a bureaucratic stationmaster who insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs.” Happy reading.
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