With her story “Things,” Le Guin gives us a way of understanding MAGA nihilists–and of seeing alternatives.
Tag Archives: Alfred Lord Tennyson
Not Rage Or Tears but Radical Hope
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Albert Camus, climate change, Fascism, MAGA, Myth of Sisyphus, nihilism, Things, Ulysses, Ursula K Le Guin Comments closed
Christ Be with Me, Christ within Me
To understand the Trinity, think of yourself sitting in nature and seeing God both in and beyond your surroundings.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Chat", "Flower in the Crannied Wall", "St. Patrick's Breast Plate", Celtic Christianity, Dante, Green Gospel, Holy Trinity, Intimations of Immortality, John Gatta, Mary Oliver, Paradiso, Trinity Sunday, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Remembering My Eldest 24 Years Later
A Mary Oliver poem about grieving as I remember my eldest, who died 24 years ago on this day.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "No Voyage", Adonais, Beowulf, death and grieving, death of a child, In Memoriam, John Milton, Lycidas, Mary Oliveer, Percy Shelley, T. S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
A Poem for When You’re Feeling Weary
Swinburne’s “Garden of Proserpine,” a good poem for when you’re feeling fed up with life.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Garden of Proserpine", "Lotus Eaters", Algernon Charles Swinburne, Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Depression, Sigmund Freud, T. S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
Every Stone and Every Star a Tongue
17th century poet Traherne as an early version of Green Gospel, a recent book by John Gatta.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Dumbness", "Sand Is Endless", Environmentalism, Green Gospel, John Gatta, Nature, Thomas Traherne, Trinity, Walking, William Blake Comments closed
The Light Brigade’s Charge & Wagner’s
Does “Charge of the Light Brigade” glamorize senseless sacrifice. What would Russian soldiers in Ukraine think?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Charge of the Light Brigade", Crimean War, Plato, Republic, Ukraine invasion, Vladimir Putin, Wagner mercenary group, war Comments closed
Empire of Light, Filled with Poetry
The film “Empire of Light” is magical in part because of all the poetry recited.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Death's Echo", "Trees", Ali Fears Eats the Soul, Chariots of Fire, cinema, Empire of Light, In Memoriam, Philip Larkin, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, T.S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, Waste Land Comments closed
For England, Buttercup > Melon Flower
“Oh to be in England now that April’s here”–and not in Italy, with its gaudy melon flowers!
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Auguries of Innocence", "Elegy on a Country Churchyard", "Flower in a Crannied Wall", "Home Thoughts from Abroad", England, flowers, Intimations of Immortality, Robert Browning, Thomas Gray, William Blake, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Lit in Andre Agassi’s Life
In his autobiography, Agassi cites two literary works that come to his aid at difficult moments.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ulysses", Andre Agassi, Death in the Family, James Agee, Novak Djokovic, tennis Comments closed
