Scott Bates’ homage to Walt Whitman tells of amorous encounters from the grass’s point of view.
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Whitman’s Blast of Green Grace
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John Donne’s Seductive Flea
Georges de La Tour, Woman Catching a Flea, c. 1638. Oil on canvas. In case you haven’t heard, the news media was buzzing last week over a CBS interview with President Obama where he nailed a fly that was bothering him. I thought I’d have fun in today’s entry and talk about the symbolic use […]
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