Monthly Archives: March 2013

A Breathing Palace of Leaves

Many of Mary Oliver’s nature poems enact a version of the crucifixion and resurrection.

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Chicago’s Harpies Take Down LeBron

The thuggish way that the Chicago Bulls ended the Miami Heat’s streak recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes’s “harpies of the shore.”

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The Tragicomedy of High School Dating

“She Stoops to Conquer” captures all the pain of adolescent dating failures.

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Drones Put Heaven in a Rage

This Scott Bates poem protesting aerial killing machines could apply to today’s drone program.

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Hell Comes in All Shapes and Sizes

Literature is strewn with hot hells and cold hells. A “New Yorker” article lists a number of them.

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Same Sex Marriage–Good but Not Enough

Rachel Kranz’s “Leaps of Faith” affirms same-sex marriage but questions prioritizing it over other GLBT issues.

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Life as a Stage Coach Ride

America is in many ways like the stage coach rides described by Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding.

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Palms before My Feet

This Chesterton poems recounts Palm Sunday from the donkey’s point of view.

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The Zen of Athletic Greatness

An old Taoist poem may capture some of the seemingly effortless transcendence of the greatest athletes.

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