The power and effectiveness of Harris and Walz’s joy is captured in poems by Blake and Gibran.
Tag Archives: Kahlil Gibran
Blake, Gibran, and Harris’s Joy
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Master, Speak to Us of Friendship
As we travel around the country refreshing friendships, I think of what Kahlil Gibran says about the subject.
A Time for Laughter & Sharing of Pleasures
Kahlil Gibran’s “Friendship” makes for a great Thanksgiving poem.
Words That Grow Firm Like Crystals
In Kahlil Gibran’s “Jesus, the Son of Man,” various known and unknown figures describe encounters with Jesus. In “Matthew,” the poet distills the Book of Matthew into a series of Sermon and the Mount style pronouncements,
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And a Woman Said, “Tell Us of Pain”
Is Kahlil Gibran right in seeing pain as a road to enlightenment. Or is this just wish fulfillment?
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Plucking Out the Fangs of Hate
Gibran’s version of Jesus driving the moneychangers from the temple wonders how he pulled it off.
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After 37 Years, Still 2 Lights above the Sea
You will not be surprised to hear that poetry played a big role in my wedding 37 years ago, on June 8, 1973. The outdoor wedding occurred shortly after Carleton’s Commencement ceremony (our good friends John Colman and Anne Smith got married shortly before). Three days earlier, after an intense week finishing up my final essays, […]
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And a woman said, “Tell us of Pain”
Here’s a poem that deals directly with pain, from Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. I don’t entirely understand it but I’m intrigued by some of its claims: “And a woman spoke, saying, “Tell us of Pain.” And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of […]
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