Blake’s “Little Black Boy,” quoted by Lamott in her latest book, is a complex exploration of racism.
Tag Archives: Children
Blake on Racism and Child Abuse
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Holy Thursday", "Little Black Boy", Anne Lamott, child poverty, GOP, racism, Somehow, William Blake Comments closed
Obey Your Parents or Face the Lion
Today being Hilaire Belloc’s birthday, I share one of his darkly comic “Cautionary Tales for Children.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "How Doth the Little Crocodile", "How Doth the Little Busy Bee", Alice in Wonderland, Cautionary Verses for Children, Heinrich Hoffman, Hilaire Belloc, Isaac Watt, Leviathan, Lewis Carroll, Struwwelpeter, Thomas Hobbes Comments closed
School in August?! Blake Appalled
In “School Boy,” the idea of going to school in summer appalls Blake. He’d be horrified at American start times.
Longfellow, 19th-Century Rock Star
More passages from Pearl’s “The Dante Club,” about the 19th Century’s love of poetry.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Children's Hour", "Psalm of Life", Dante Club, Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Matthew Pearl, Ralph Waldo Emerson Comments closed
Bringing Back the Games of Yesteryear
My grandson is visiting, getting me to break out the old games my father loved.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ballad of the Games of Yesteryear", "Ballad of the Ladies of Bygone Times", children's games, Francois Villon, Scott Bates Comments closed
Devoured by Kisses
Hugging my grandchildren for the first time in over 18 months brought to mind Longfellow’s “Children’s Hour.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Children's Hour", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, love, reunions Comments closed
Poet Louise Glück, Nobel Laureate
American poet Louise Glück, the latest Nobel literature laureate, explore existential questions in a personal way in “Mother and Child.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Mother and Child", existential questions, Louise Glück Comments closed
Learning to Feel the Sea
Jennifer Michael’s luminescent poem “Opening the Hand” describes how she first experienced the power of the sea.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Opening the Hand", beach vacation, Jennifer Davis Michael Comments closed
