Welcome to The Poetry Fix...bringing you your weekly fix of poetry from across time.
Latest Episodes
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill: The Grateful Dead
Today, Erika Kyba reads an excerpt from Robert W. Service's "The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill," a poet's take on the Grateful Dead archetype.
Aunt Helen: A Damning Silence
Today, Erika Kyba reads T. S. Eliot's "Aunt Helen," a dark meditation on the futility of earthly affairs, and the danger of leaving behind an empty legacy.
Holy Sonnet X: Death be not Proud
Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's glorious vaunt against death itself: Holy Sonnet X.
At a Solemn Music: Milton vs the Puritans
Today, Erika Kyba reads John Milton's "At a Solemn Music," which subtly engages with Puritan arguments portraying music as evil. Instead, Milton extols song as somethi...
Down by the Salley Gardens: The One that Got Away
Today, Erika Kyba reads W. B. Yeats's "Down by the Salley Gardens," a wistful meditation on lost love and innocence.