Christina Rossetti invokes Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins awaiting the bridegroom in this Advent poem.
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Tag Archives: Christianity
Dear God, Drive These Cruel Doubts Away
Anne Bronte’s moving poem shows her wrestling with deep spiritual doubts.
Mary Is Called, the Parting Hour Is Come
Richard Crashaw celebrates the Feast of the Assumption with a feminized Christianity.
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i put him all into my arms
e. e. cummings’ “man who had fallen among thieves” brings the Good Samaritan parable uncomfortably close to home.
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Love Life, Say No to Christian Masochism
Tom Jones gives us a healthier vision of Christianity than that which puts all the emphasis on worldly suffering.
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The Something Inside the Nothing
Closely examining St. Paul’s “road to Damascus” conversion experience also reveals insight into the poetic process.
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Uncontrollable Mystery on the Bestial Floor
A Yeats poem about the Magi helps us transition out of Christmas and back into our work lives.
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More Frightening than Arrest, Freedom
Levertov’s poem about Peter escaping prison confronts existential issues of freedom
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