Philip Appleman's "To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year"
If you can see “a World in a Grain of Sand/And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,” what can you see in the trashcan at the curb? Apparently quite a bit, if you look closely. Today’s poem, a paean to the unsung heroes of the holidays, can help with that.
Also in today’s episode: a look at what’s new for The Daily Poem in 2025.
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Philip Appleman (1926-2020) served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and in the Merchant Marine after the war. He has degrees from Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Lyon, France.
His acclaimed books of poetry…
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