Tag Archives: Christina Rossetti

The Perfect Sonnet for Mother’s Day

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France and England’s Titanic Match

To capture France-England’s titanic World Cup struggle, I turn to Ralph Ellison and Christina Rossetti.

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Why Cry for a Soul Set Free?

Christina Rossetti’s “Let Me Go” guides those mourning a loved one and consoles those who are dying as well.

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Night Is Past and Lo It Is Day

Rossetti’s new year poem starts out weary but then turns to hope as she thinks of Christ coming.

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Covid Dreams of Seaside Cliffs

For those feeling stir crazy from Covid quarantining, this Christina Rossetti sonnet is for you.

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Life and Death Make a Goodly Lent

Christina Rossetti’s poem “Lent” is powerful in its simplicity.

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To Julia, Who Turns 70 Today

I celebrate my wife’s 70th birthday with a Christina Rossetti love poem.

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Strike My Heart So the Tears Will Flow

Good Friday In her poem “Good Friday,” Christina Rossetti laments that she responds to Christ’s death like a stone, not a faithful sheep. Why can’t she be like the women who wept at the foot of the cross, or Peter who wept for his betrayal, or the sun and the moon that hid their faces? […]

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Apples That Taste of Earth and Song

Apples bring out poetic creativity, all the more so because the West has seen them as the forbidden fruit. I share here a selection of tempting apple poems.

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