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Two for the Fourth

The Daily Poem
The Daily Poem
Episode • Jul 4, 2024 • 5m

Today’s (frequently-paired) poems form an antiphonal song between Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes on the complicated ideal of “being American.” Happy Independence Day and Happy Reading!



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