Housman’s “Terence, This Is Stupid Stuff” provides useful advice for emotionally surviving Trumpism.
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MAGA News Too Much? Be Mithridates
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Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
Few trees are more beautiful in blossom than the cherry, now in full flower in the National Arboretum. A.E. Housman knew this well.
Mixed Emotions about My Alma Mater
To understand my feelings of melancholy when I returned to my alma mater, I turned to poems by Lawrence, Housman, and Dylan Thomas.
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Dreaming of Travel during Covid
A very smart Covid poem circulating on social media at the moment references 11 poems, all about longing to travel.
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Lebron Held the Sky Suspended
The Lakers signed Lebron James and two years later have a championship. While some see him as a mercenary, A.E. Housman has good things to say about mercenaries.
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Wanted: Teachers, Not Martyrs
Some say teachers should, like soldiers, should put their lives on the line. This A.E. Housman poem brings up the question of whether even soldiers should do so when there sacrifice will be meaningless.
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A Light Exists in Spring
Thursday – First Day of Spring I’ll let Emily Dickinson usher in the new season with “A Light exists in Spring.” I like how the poet describes this time of year as elusive, a sentiment found in a number of other magnificent spring poems, including A. E. Housman’s “Loveliest of Trees” and Robert Frost’s “Nothing […]
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Soldier, I Wish You Well
Here’s an A.E. Housman poem to honor our men and women in uniform on Veterans Day.
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