An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.
Tag Archives: Nature
The Stars Weep with Happiness
“There are no creatures you cannot love,” Tom Hennen writes in “From a Country Overlooked.” It is a message America currently needs.
Without Nature, No Language for Soul
In an age when we are exhausted by apocalyptic rhetoric, Richard Wilbur provides a poem that remind us of how much we owe to natural beauty.
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We Have Here the Stuff of Paradise
Spiritual Sunday Spring has broken all over southern Tennessee, giving me the occasion to run Edwin Markham’s wonderful “Earth Is Enough.” His view, I believe, is similar to what Jesus meant by heaven on earth. We are to find heaven in ourselves and heaven in our surroundings, not wait until we die. To focus overmuch […]
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Finding God in Nature
John Gatta’s book “Making Nature Sacred” explores how nature spirituality entered into America’s religions and was noted by its creative writers.
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Tolstoy: For Happiness, Love & Sacrifice
In “The Cossacks,” a dissipated young man finds spiritual meaning when he journeys to the Caucasus.
Sleeping Outdoors
Poetry adds an extra dimension to sleeping outdoors.
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Wordsworth Changed How We See Nature
Writer Margaret Drabble explains how Wordsworth changed the way we see the world.
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