Monthly Archives: September 2023

Poems for Judaism’s High Holy Days

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MAGA “Justice” and the Queen of Hearts

“Sentence first, verdict afterwards,” say both MAGA Republicans and Lewis Carroll’s Queen of Hearts.

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Lit’s Neurological Benefits

In his neurological study of fiction’s impact, Angus Fletcher looks at various literary elements.

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The Joys of September Threshing

Kavanagh captures the joys of communal farming in this harvesting poem. My farmer’s-daughter wife says he’s spot on.

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Best of Times or Worst of Times?

The opening lines of “Tale of Two Cities” capture our reality only too well.

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A Blacksmith Poem for Labor Day

A Seamus Heaney blacksmith poem for Labor Day.

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God Reaches Us through Art

I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.

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