“The Darkling Thrush” by Thomas Hardy

Poems read aloud, beautifully

Photo-illustration incorporating <em>Thomas Hardy</em> by Walter William Ouless (National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons)
Photo-illustration incorporating Thomas Hardy by Walter William Ouless (National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons)

Amanda Holmes reads Thomas Hardy’s poem “The Darkling Thrush.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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Amanda Holmes, the author of the novel I Know Where I Am When I’m Falling, is a columnist and poetry editor for the Washington Independent Review of Books.

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