Nothing welcomes in the summer as well as this medieval lyric.
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Sumer Is i-Cumin In
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Sumer is ycomen in", A.Y. Campbell, Anonymous, Seasons, summer Comments closed
Father God, I Want to Sit on Your Knees
A Katherine Mansfield poem to “God the Father” for Father’s Day.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "To God the Father", "To Nobodaddy", Katherine Mansfield, William Blake Comments closed
A Father’s Day Poem about Tenderness
For upcoming Father’s Day, here’s a poem about father tenderness by Li-Young Lee.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Gift", Father's Day, fathers and sons, Li-Young Lee, Marriage Comments closed
Was Jan. 6 Just Sound and Fury?
Is rightwing militancy in America no more than “sound and fury, signifying nothing”? We can but pray that it is.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged January 6 insurrection, Macbeth, rightwing terrorism, William Shakespeare Comments closed
To Esmé, without the Squalor
I reflect upon a significant literary antecedent for my eldest granddaughter’s name and what it means.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "To Esme--with Love and Squalor", grandchildren, J.D. Salinger, names Comments closed
Marx & Engels on the Usefulness of Lit
Marx and Engels see literature as playing a role in class conflict, just not the major role.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Daniel Defoe, Friedrich Engels, Honoré de Balzac, Karl Marx, Robinson Crusoe Comments closed
A Poem for Those Enduring the Heat Wave
A poem for those suffering through heat waves.
I Will Take A Sprig from a Lofty Cedar
Ezekiel’s poem about cedar trees brings to mind a Robert Haas poem about apple trees. Both tree poems promise a renewal of faith.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Trees", "Apple Trees at Olema", Ezekiel, Joyce Kilmer, Robert Haas Comments closed
Pushing 70 but Acting Like a Little Boy
Tomorrow I turn 70. This Lu Yu captures the freshness that I always hope to maintain.
