Welcome to The Poetry Fix...bringing you your weekly fix of poetry from across time.
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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.
The Good-Morrow: Love so Alike
Today, Erika Kyba reads John Donne's "The Good-Morrow," which meditates on the unity of lovers, as well as the virtues needed for romantic love to endure.
An Inner Happiness is Absolutely of my World: A Door to the Soul
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.