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Erika Kyba

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An Inner Happiness is Absolutely of my World: A Door...

The Poetry Fix ·

2025/05/30

Today, Erika Kyba reads Salvador Espriu's "An Inner Happiness is Absolutely of my World," a self-reflective meditation on poetry as a door to the soul of the poet.

4:36

Holy Sonnet XII: A Greater Wonder

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2025/05/23

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's Holy Sonnet XII, which offers a frame for looking at nature with new eyes.

4:24

Ode to the West Wind: Beyond the Grave

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2025/05/16

Today, Erika Kyba reads the conclusion of Percy Shelley's Ode to the West Wind. We see the poet recognize his mortality and surrender himself and his work to the autumnal spirit. However, he hopes that the wind's destruction will ultimately bring renewal.

4:20

Ode to the West Wind: Destruction and Renewal

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2025/05/09

Today, Erika Kyba reads an excerpt from Percy Shelley's Ode to the West Wind, which celebrates the destructive spirit of the West Wind as a harbinger of renewal.

4:34

Holy Sonnet IX: A Heavenly, Lethean Flood

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2025/05/02

Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's Holy Sonnet IX, in which the poet wrestles with the themes of sin, guilt, and forgiveness.

4:33

Love (III): When Love Bids You Welcome

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2025/04/25

Today, Erika Kyba reads Love (III), the conclusion of George Herbert's Love series. This poem portrays the beautiful way in which Love crosses over the boundaries of guilt and sin to reach the human soul.

4:32

The Sacrifice: "Was Ever Grief Like Mine?"

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2025/04/14

Today, Erika Kyba reads an excerpt from George Herbert's The Sacrifice, a beautiful meditation on the Passion.

4:34

Love (II): Such True Desires

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2025/04/11

Today, Erika Kyba reads George Herbert's Love (II), in which the poet turns to correct the problems of disordered love that he raised in Love (I).

4:33

Love (I): Thou Standing By

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2025/04/04

Today, Erika Kyba reads George Herbert's Love (I). Join her to unpack his beautiful ode to a forgotten Creator.

4:32

Little Brother: The Wrath to Come

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2025/03/28

Today, Erika Kyba reads Robert W. Service's darkly enthralling "Little Brother." Together, we explore the truth of the poet's bleak vision, as well as looking for avenues of hope.

4:28

The Hollow Men: This is the Dead Land

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2025/03/21

Today, Erika Kyba reads the conclusion of T. S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men." Eliot continues to paint a picture of the dark, deathly kingdom that the hollow men find themselves in, entrenched in the shadow of World War I.

4:26

Beggar to Beggar Cried: Driven by the Itch

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2025/03/07

Today, we explore "Beggar to Beggar Cried," by the Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. This is a poem about the desire for peace and security, juxtaposed with a restlessness of spirit.

4:22

The Hollow Men: When Life and Death Mean Nothing

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2025/02/28

Today, I am joined by Alexandra Comus to read an excerpt from "The Hollow Men," by T. S. Eliot. This is a poem that warns about the consequences of living without meaning, as the shadow of death continually hangs over the world.

4:34

The Nativity Ode: When Wisest Fate Says No

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2025/02/21

Today, we continue exploring Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." In this excerpt, we see that the joy of the Nativity sparks a longing and a hope for an Edenic golden age. However, the poet reminds us that all things must be harrowed before they can be remade.

4:35

The Nativity Ode: Such Music Sweet

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2025/02/14

Today, we continue exploring Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." In this excerpt, we witness Creation move from hushed awe to jubilant songs of praise.

4:01

The Nativity Ode: With Wonder Whist

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2025/02/07

Today, we continue exploring Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." In this excerpt, Milton meditates on the cosmic awe that the Christ child's surpassing power inspires.

4:35

The Nativity Ode: When Light Comes to Darkness

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2025/01/31

Today, we explore Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," which ponders the cosmic effects of Christ's coming into the world.

4:25

The Windhover: A Christological Kestrel

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2025/01/24

Today, we explore Hopkins's "The Windhover," a meditation on the flight of a kestrel. Hopkins opens our eyes to the wonder of a natural world that is richly layered with meaning.

4:36

The World is Too Much With Us: Bethink Your Creed

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2025/01/17

"Creed" is a concept that's often neglected in our day and age, as many nonreligious thinkers consider the idea of creed archaic or limiting. However, everyone has one; your creed is the set of principles that governs your life, whether you recognize it or not. Wordsworth's "The World is Too Much With Us" indicts his generation's creed of materialism, which drives them to pursue gain and forget their origin: Nature.

4:34

Guigemar: The Confession

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2024/12/06

This final installment of Guigemar that we will read portrays Guigemar and his lady as they finally come to terms with their love for one another, and as Guigemar is sped on to declare his love for her.

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