Emily Dickinson’s “A Thunderstorm”
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Emily Dickinson’s “A Thunderstorm”

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 14, 20265 min
  • Arts & culture

Today’s poem is especially topical as The Daily Poem returns after a brief storm delay. 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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Welcome back to The Daily Poem, a podcast from Goldberry Studios. I'm Sean Johnson, and today is Wednesday, October 14th, 2026. And when I say welcome back today, I mean it a little more emphatically. If you're listening in real time, you may have noticed that there was no Daily Poem.

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The last two days, we were on a miniature, unplanned hiatus, thanks to Hurricane Isaias and our total lack of power, internet, potable water for a couple of days here in northwest Florida. But we have been mercifully preserved.

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We're back now. I can take a little break from hauling debris, let my chainsaw cool down and share some poetry with you. Today's poem is by Emily Dickinson.

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