Tag Archives: Richard Wilbur

A Barn Shall Harbor Heaven

In Richard Wilbur’s “Christmas Hymn,” low and high meet as we have the promise of worlds reconciled.

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Without Nature, No Language for Soul

In an age when we are exhausted by apocalyptic rhetoric, Richard Wilbur provides a poem that remind us of how much we owe to natural beauty.

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I Might Come To Please Him Yet

Richard Wilbur uses proofreading terms to convey God’s mercy in “The Proof.”

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June Love, Simple and Entire

For a June poem, here’s Richard Wilbur reminiscing about young love.

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Blow Out Your Candles, No Darkness

This Richard Wilbur poem has fun kidding the poet’s esoteric friend.

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Toasting with the Wine of Cana

Richard Wilbur cites the wedding of Cana in his own wedding toast.

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