Art is one of the most powerful ways to engage with religious themes.
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Poetry Brings Us Closer to God
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On Mary Oliver, Joy, and Harris-Walz
Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Don't Hesitate", Donald Trump, Election 2024, Kamala Harris, Mary Oliver, Tim Walz Comments closed
Virgil and the Olympic Games
The footrace in “Aeneid’s” epic games is a chaotic affair, involving some actual cheating.
Homer and the Early Olympics
Watching the Olympics, I thought of the games in “The Odyssey.”
Kamala, Sanskrit for Lotus
“Kamala” is Sanskrit for lotus. This Scott Bates poem on the fertility symbolism of the lotus captures some of Harris’s strengths.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "I Is for Isis", Election 2024, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Scott Bates Comments closed
I Am the Bread of Life
Jesus declared that he was “the bread of life.” These poems explore the metaphor.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Blessing the Bread", "Book of Verses", "Corpus Christi", "Meditation on John 6:51", "Ode to Bread", "Stepping Westward", Christ, Denise Levertov, Edward Taylor, eucharist, Evelyn Underhill, Geoffrey Chaucer, Lynn Ungar, Omar Khayyam, Pablo Neruda, Philip Pullman, Rubaiyat, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale Comments closed
Kamala Harris Meets the Fisher King
Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Chrétien de Troyes, Donald Trump, Election 2024, fisher king, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Perceval, T.S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
