My son Tobias Wilson-Bates on the power of Dickens’s “Christmas Carol” and how Dickens reinvented Christmas.
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Tag Archives: Henry Vaughan
The Power of Dickens’s Christmas Carol
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The Rose that Cannot Wither
Henry Vaughan’s “My Soul, There Is a Country” reminds us that Christ’s love is there for us in difficult times.
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He Took Us with Him to the Heart of Things
Poet’s writing about the Ascension often focus on our tangled lives.
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Trumpian Darkness or True Light? Choose
Trump and many of his fans twist themselves in the perpetual torment of their resentment and anger. Henry Vaughan describes their state in “The World.”
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Strow the Way, Plants of the Day
Vaughan’s “Palm Sunday” draws its energy from spring growth.
Dante’s Version of Heaven on Earth
In talking to Solomon in Paradiso, Dante gets a new vision of heaven on earth.
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Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife
In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.
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Join in the Joyful Symphony
Two Palm Sunday poems, by Lucille Clifton and Henry Vaughan, emphasize the vegetation imagery.