Tag Archives: "Jerusalem"

Hydrocarbons Are Our Dark Satanic Mills

By Robin Bates | Published: June 30, 2021

Blake’s “Jerusalem” can be read as a challenge to oppose the forces of climate change that threaten our beautiful country.

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A Star Has Fallen, to Blossom from a Tomb

By Robin Bates | Published: December 24, 2020

John Heath-Stubbs’s “On the Nativity” is one of my favorite Christmas poems.

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Ted Cruz–Dark and Satanic?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 14, 2016

When NYT columnist David Brooks called Ted Cruz “dark and satanic,” he was referencing a Blake poem. But although the allusion is apt, it struck most people as weird or offensive because they didn’t recognize the source.

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Lit Featured in Olympic Ceremonies

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2012

The opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics were rich in literary allusions.

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Finding a Place Where Hate Won’t Grow

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2011

In charged Israeli-Palestinian and Christian-Muslim relations, Naomi Shihab Nye is looking at how to move past the suffering and hate.

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Jerusalem in a Green and Pleasant Land

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2011

William Blake’s “Jerusalem” has been used for both religious and patriotic purposes. One must negotiate the relationship between religion and politics very closely since God can get bent to serve narrow agendas, and this poem is frequently misinterpreted.

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