Poet Borowicz doesn’t want to let go of summer until she remembers her great-grandmother.
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Letting Go of Summer
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "September Tomatoes" fall equinox, Autumn, harvesting, Karina Borowicz Comments closed
Longing for Consequences
Reading “Washington Square” made me realize how hungry I have been for misbehaving politicians to pay for their bad behavior.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Consequences, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Henry James, January 6 insurrection, Ron DeSantis, Trumpism, Washington Square Comments closed
Like an Ocean Thundering to the Moon
In “Prayer” Nims desperately calls out to God to fill the emptiness within.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged dark night of the soul, John Frederick Nims, St. John of the Cross Comments closed
Getting to Know Henry James
I’m on a Henry James kick and am enthralled with “Daisy Miller” and “Washington Square.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Daisy Miller, Henry James, Martha Nussbaum, Terry Eagleton, Washington Square Comments closed
The Great Books as Assimilation Manual
Phuc Tran’s “Sigh, Gone” describes how great literature helped him negotiate a difficult immigrant experience.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged assimilation, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, great books, immigrant experience, immigrants, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Phuc Tran, Scarlet Letter, Sigh Gone Comments closed
Biden as Dryden’s Ideal Leader
Biden’s suspense wearing thin on vaccine resistance reminds me of King David in Dryden’s “Absalom and Architophel.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Absalom and Architophel, Joe Biden, John Dryden, Vaccine mandate Comments closed
Let These Weak Feet Tread in Narrow Ways
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s poem “Get Thee Behind Me Satan” shows the poet turning away from soaring ambition.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "RETRO ME SATHANA!", Get thee behind me Satan, Rossetti (Dante Gabriel), temptation Comments closed
