Tag Archives: "Garden of Love"

What Are Days For? Larkin’s Non Answer

By Robin Bates | Published: February 25, 2024

In “Days,”Larkin urges us to make the most of each day.

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Rightwing Evangelicals Bind with Briars

By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2017

Studies show that college does not turn young people away from religion. In fact, literature and humanities courses can strengthen faith.

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Read Blake, Stand Up to Your Boss

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2011

Businessman David Whyte turns to poetry to hold on to his soul in the corporate world.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Garden of Love", "I Am Too Alone in the World", Business, David Whyte, Rainer Maria Rilke, Songs of Heaven and Hell, Soul, William Blake | Comments closed