Trump’s administration resembles a medieval morality play like “Everyman,” what with its caricatured figures of vice. Luckily, the play has a happy ending.
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Trapped in Trump’s Morality Play
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Everyman, John Bunyan, morality plays, Pilgrim's Progress, Trump administration, Trump's legal battles Comments closed
A Poem to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
Rodriguez’s poem “Cinco de Mayo” observes that the battle for freedom that the day celebrates is still ongoing.
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Feed My Sheep
A Mary Baker Eddy poem about Jesus instructing Peter to “feed my sheep”
Pricked and Bleeding Thanks to Trump
A mother, brutalized by federal agents who got the wrong house, seemed to be channeling “Merchant of Venice” in her response.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Department of Homeland Security, Justice, Merchant of Venice, mercy, revenge, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Brecht Celebrated Overlooked Workers
Brecht and Neruda poems to celebrate International Workers’ Day.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Heights of Machu Piccu", "Questions from a Worker Who Reads", Bertolt Brecht, Pablo Neruda, Walter Benjamin Comments closed
My Restorative Father-Sons Reunion
The presence of my sons at my brother’s memorial service proved deeply comforting, just as Telemakhos and Odysseus are comforted when they reencounter each other.
On Claiming Christ While Hating the Poor
A Joe Fasano poem calling out “Those Who Call Themselves Christian but Seek to Divide and Conquer the World”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "To Those Who Call Themselves Christian but Seek to Divide and Conquer the World", Christian nationalism, immigrants, Joe Fasano, MAGA Comments closed
“Come Out of Your Jail, Mary”
A W.R. Rodgers poem about Mary Magdalene’s “dawning” realization on Easter morning.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Resurrection An Easter Sequence", Easter, Resurrection, W.R. Rodgers Comments closed