A Paul Dunbar poem, perhaps with a nod to Keats’s “To Autumn,” welcomes in October.
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Tag Archives: John Keats
My Eldest Son, Named after a Keats Sonnet
I named my eldest son after a Keats poem and it may have paid off.
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Misuse of Language Induces Evil in the Soul
Le Quin’s advice to a young writer: respect, do not abuse, language.
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Poets Talking Poetry over a Beer
In this R.S. Thomas poem, two poets engage in the never-ending discussion of whether poetry is more craft or inspiration.
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June Is Short and We Must Joy in It
Irish poet Ledwidge’s “June” is a carpé diem poem that takes on special meaning given that the author died in World War I.
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Gods Speaks through the Imagination
Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Imagination, John Milton, Parables, Paradise Lost, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, theology Comments closed
A Friendship Stronger Than Fear
As I spent a night in an emergency room, I thought of my wife, my mother, and this Piercy Ruth and Naomi poem.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to a Nightingale", "Book of Ruth and Naomi", "Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known", Book of Ruth, Marge Piercy, mothers and daughters-in-law, widows, William Wordsworth Comments closed