Best Christopher M Zelonis Podcasts (2026)

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14 | The May Magnificat 8:14

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Ever the naturalist and supernaturalist, Hopkins considers how the month of May is seasonally suited to the New Mother of All the Living.

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13 | The Bugler's First Communion 8:28

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It does Hopkins, and all of us, good to behold the Eucharistic Lord Whose Presence feeds the devotion and ideals of young people.

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12 | The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe 13:48

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As air conveys the light, and every sound and sight, so Mary conveys the palatable, eternal Son

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Just the Poems, Volume the First 11:17

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For those who want to be spared the substandard commentary, here are the recitations of the first 10 poems considered in the podcast.

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10 | That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire... 6:54

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I am all at once what Christ is, since He was what I am...immortal diamond.

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9 | The Windhover 6:26

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Hopkins is seized by a bird in flight, therein perceiving the beauteous, victorious Christ.

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8 | “Myself Unholy” 3:39

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Look within, yes, but look to Christ.

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7 | “My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On” 7:05

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For Jack’s sake, give yourself a break—and try not to think too much about it!

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5 | “Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice” 11:19

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The poetic amplification of, “Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em,” this work exhorts us to make liturgy of our life.

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6 | “God’s Grandeur” 7:47

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“Nature is never spent”: In this poem Hopkins acknowledges divine sovereignty over industrialization.

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4 | Felix Randal 4:44

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Hopkins elegizes a blacksmith, reflecting on the changes in the man’s life and on the pastoral care relationship they had forged.

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3 | ‘Justus Quidem Tu Es’ 9:05

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Another of Hopkins' "Sonnets of Desolation," reflecting on how futility exists alongside fertility.

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2 | “To Seem the Stranger” 3:12

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Recitation of, and reflection upon, one of Hopkins’ so-called “Sonnets of Desolation.”

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1 | 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire' 5:36

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As good a poem as any to commence this journey into the works of G. M. Hopkins.

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0 | Preliminaries 3:28

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In which I proffer my project of presenting the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Christopher M Zelonis Podcasts

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The Shipwrack-Harvest

Christopher M. Zelonis

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14 | The May Magnificat 8:14

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13 | The Bugler's First Communion 8:28

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12 | The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe 13:48

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Just the Poems, Volume the First 11:17

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10 | That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire... 6:54

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9 | The Windhover 6:26

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8 | “Myself Unholy” 3:39

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7 | “My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On” 7:05

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5 | “Morning, Midday, and Evening Sacrifice” 11:19

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6 | “God’s Grandeur” 7:47

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4 | Felix Randal 4:44

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3 | ‘Justus Quidem Tu Es’ 9:05

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2 | “To Seem the Stranger” 3:12

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1 | 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire' 5:36

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0 | Preliminaries 3:28