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When the Light Knocks on the Door

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2024

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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At Easter, God Pushes through Doubt

By Robin Bates | Published: April 20, 2019

Easter Sunday Sue Schmidt, occasional contributor to this blog and one of the most spiritual people I know, alerted me to this Jeanne Murray Walker poem about wrestling with doubt. Although it’s not explicitly an Easter poem, it describes God blazing up when everything seems empty—as God did on that Resurrection Sunday two millennia ago. […]

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Answer the Door, the Truth Is Knocking

By Robin Bates | Published: April 29, 2013

Willa Cather and Lucille Clifton were quoted in our end-of-the-year awards ceremony last week.

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Answer the Door, Child–Truth is Knocking

By Robin Bates | Published: May 2, 2011

We had our major awards ceremony this past Saturday. As is tradition, we began with a poem by Lucille Clifton that she allowed us to adapt slightly for the occasion.Our president then gave one of his patented speeches, this one centered on Plato’s Meno. It was exactly what I wanted our students to hear: a full-blown defense of the liberal arts.

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