Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
We found 6 episodes of Poetry For All with the tag “eros and desire”.
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Episode 73: Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz, Sonnet 189
July 8th, 2024 | Season 6 | 24 mins 41 secs
17th century, eros and desire, hispanic heritage month, love, poetry in translation, sonnet, women’s history month, world poetry
In this episode, Professor Stephanie Kirk guides our reading of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz’s “Sonnet 189.” Her scholarly insights help us to appreciate the nuances of Sor Juana’s poetry and her importance in her own lifetime and beyond.
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Episode 58: Richie Hofmann, Things That Are Rare
February 27th, 2023 | Season 5 | 23 mins 57 secs
21st century, eros and desire, free verse, guest on the show, intimacy, lgbtqia month, night, sonnet
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Episode 57: Edna St. Vincent Millay, She had forgotten how the August night
February 14th, 2023 | Season 5 | 23 mins 46 secs
20th century, eros and desire, modernism, night, repetition or refrain, rhymed verse, sonnet, summer, women's history month
Edna St. Vincent Millay was the emblem of the "New Woman" and one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century. In this episode, we focus on a sonnet that showcases how Millay approached desire and eros in her poetry.
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Episode 56: Queen Elizabeth, On Monsieur's Departure
January 31st, 2023 | Season 5 | 18 mins 46 secs
16th century, eros and desire, love, rhymed verse, women's history month
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in all of British history, but she was also a gifted poet. In this episode, we discuss "On Monsieur's Departure," a poem that is inspired by Petrarchan conventions and gives insight into the public and private selves of a powerful queen.
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Episode 6: Jen Bervin, Nets
October 6th, 2020 | Season 1 | 19 mins 13 secs
21st century, erasure, eros and desire, grief and loss, intimacy, women's history month
In this episode we learn about erasure poetry and poetic tradition by looking at Jen Bervin's incredible book NETS, created from the sonnets of Shakespeare.
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Episode 4: Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
September 22nd, 2020 | Season 1 | 16 mins 12 secs
17th century, eros and desire, love, rhymed verse, sonnet, summer
In this episode we introduce listeners to one of the most resilient forms in English-language poetry: the sonnet. And we do it with one of the most famous sonnets Shakespeare wrote.