Tag Archives: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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Finding God in Silence

Poet Jennifer Michael gave a talk on finding God through poetry, featuring Berry, Hirshfield, Oliver, and others.

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Gods Speaks through the Imagination

Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.

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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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Poetry Complements the Intellectual Life

In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.

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