Tag Archives: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Trump as Dracula and Ancient Mariner

Maureen Dowd compares Trump to Dracula and the Ancient Mariner. The comparisons are worth exploring.

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Sickness Strikes Again

I my recent bout with Covid, passages from “Heart of Darkness” and “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” came to mind.

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Wanted: Poets to Fight Climate Change

To understand role poets can play in fighting climate change, go back to the Romantics and especially “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

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Coleridge’s Nightmare LIFE-IN-DEATH

Think of “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” as a Halloween poem.

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Aslan as Eco Warrior

Lewis’s Aslan is a bold creative stroke that opens up environmental possibilities for Christianity.

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Poets and Climate Change’s 5-Alarm Fire

Literature has a role to play in the fight against climate change. Coleridge early on showed us how.

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Following a Drought, Healing Rain

Tuesday For weeks now, we here in Tennessee and other parts of the American south have been gripped by what they’re calling a “flash drought.” Abnormally high temperatures and lack of any precipitation have been “cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires.” We’re far from the worst extreme weather event […]

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Imagining Little Ocean’s Future

Looking for the literary significance of my latest grandchild, I turn to Walcott, Whitman, Masefield, Coleridge, and Byron. What emerges is a mystical seeker.

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At Last We Have Water, Water Everywhere

I celebrate the water once again running through our house with a Coleridge passage.

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