Byron’s “deep and dark blue ocean” rolls on and so does the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Roll On, Thou Alabama Crimson Tide, Roll
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The End of the World As We Know It?
A number of poets have written poems about the apocalypse. But it’s always figurative, never literal.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Hellas", "Second Coming", "Stanzas from the Grand Chartreuse", Alexander Pope, Apocalyptic literature, Between the Acts, Dunciad, Matthew Arnold, Mayan Apocalypse, Virginia Woolf, William Butler Yeats Comments closed
Where Was God During Sandy Hook?
Elie Weisel helps us understand where God was during the Sandy Hook killings.
Solidarity No Longer Forever in Michigan
Rachel Kranz’s “Leaps of Faith” provides a vision of unions that are needed in the face of GOP attacks.
Why (Some) Americans Love Guns
Gun control is difficult because certain Americans have almost a sexual relationship with guns.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Ballad of the National Rifle Association", gun control, National Rifle Association, Scott Bates Comments closed
Love Saith, “Be with Me Where I Am”
A Christina Rossetti poem about the massacre of the innocents looks for solace for such tragedies in Christ’s love.
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Lamentation and Weeping in Newtown
The Sandy Hook killings recall the Biblical massacre of the innocents, referenced in “Moby Dick.”
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Bored Students, Don’t Forget Lyre Bird
Jacques Prévert’s lyre bird comes to the rescue of bored students everywhere.
