In Matthew Jesus at one point compares the kingdom of heaven to a pearl of great price. Hilda Doolittle takes up the image in “There is a spell in every sea-shell.”
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The Spell in Every Seashell
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Cut the Heat, Plow Through It
Hilda Doolittle captures heat such as we are currently experiencing it.
A Poem for Those Enduring the Heat Wave
A poem for those suffering through heat waves.
Battered by a Raging Stormy
Stormy Daniels’s power over Donald Trump brings to mind various literary storms, such as Lear’s and those described by Mary Oliver and H.D.
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The Pearl of Great Price Within
Jesus used the image of a “pearl of great price” to convey his sense of heaven. Hilda Doolittle uses it to convey her own sense of transcendence in a fine poem about shells.
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Miami Heat Stymied by Heat
The Miami Heat were beaten by a heat-assisted San Antonio team in the first game of the playoffs. Here’s an H.D. poem about heat.
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