Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “truth” dramatizes the conflict between disturbing hope and familiar darkness. Think of it as an Advent poem.
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When the Light Knocks on the Door
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Dec. 7 & Watching One’s Son Go to War
Today being Pearl Harbor Day, I share a Gwendolyn Brooks poem about a mother who loses her son to the war.
Words That Burn the Center of the Sun
In her poem about Martin Luther King, Gwendolyn Brooks opposes the volcanic fire of hate against the sun’s fire of transcendent justice.
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Poetry Helps Balance Realism & Hope
Poetry not only calls out society’s ills but offers us hope.
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His Word Still Burns the Center of the Sun
I recall the day I heard Martin Luther King speak and share a Gwendolyn Brooks poem.
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Read Poetry To Keep Hope Alive
Literature that just shows us the grim truth of reality without the possibility of hope calls into question the whole enterprise. Much great literature frames reality in such a way that we can see new possibilities for ourselves.
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