Poet Yehudi Amichai gives us a powerful poem about losing our way and being found.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Finding Peace along with a Lost Goat
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Arab Shepherd Is Searching for His God on Mount Zion", Religion, Sin, Yehuda Amichai Comments closed
Golf & the Farthest Reaches of the Soul
Here’s a poem that captures some of the mental game of golf.
The Erotic Call of the Pear Tree
Zora Neale Hurston has one of the most erotic descriptions of a blossoming tree that you will find anywhere.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Spring", Nature, pear blossoms, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston Comments closed
Faced with Bombs, Be Brutus, Not the Mob
To politicians who make irresponsible claims after an incident like the Boston Marathon bombing, Shakespeare has a warning and a model to follow.
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Where Are the Toys of Yesteryear?
Where are the toys of yesteryear? Such is the lament of this poem by Scott Bates.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Ballad of the Games of Yesteryear", Christmas, Illness, Memory, Scott Bates Comments closed
No Frigate Like a Liberal Arts Education
Phi Beta Kappa’s John Churchill lectured our new inductees on Emily Dickinson and the vital importance of a liberal arts education for all.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "There is no frigate like a book", Education, Emily Dickinson, Liberal Arts, Phi Beta Kappa Comments closed
The Something Inside the Nothing
Closely examining St. Paul’s “road to Damascus” conversion experience also reveals insight into the poetic process.
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Tiger on the Prowl Again
After years of quietude, Tiger Wood is once again as hungry as a–well, you know what. James Baldwin describes it.
