Tolkien’s poem “Noel” celebrates Mary’s “Magnificat.”
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Autumn’s Sobbing Violins Wound My Heart
Paul Verlaine’s “Autumn Song” is a beautiful hymn to melancholy.
Rethinking Oleanna
I’m rethinking Mamet’s “Oleanna” after seeing a Slovenian philosophy student praise it. In the past, I have hated the play for what I see as its attack on feminism.
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The Green Knight Film? Ugh!
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a profound meditation on death and a comic masterpiece. The film about it? Not so much.
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A Poem for a Dark, Dismal Day
Paul Verlaine’s “Tears Fall in My Heart” is a good poem for a rainy day.
Confused about Gender? Read 12th Night
“12th Night” shows that gender is far more fluid than the right likes to think. We all need to acknowledge this.
Thou Cam’st a Little Baby Thing
George MacDonald’s “That Holy Thing” dramatically makes the point that God doesn’t show up in our lives as we expect or think we want.
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It Was in the Bleak December
Poe’s “The Raven” is one way to usher in “bleak December.” The poem works on the play between madness and reason.
