In which I read Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a Thanksgiving poem.
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Tag Archives: Nature
A Wordsworth Thanksgiving Poem
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Poetic Incentives to Take Long Walks
If you are a walker, read 17th century poet Thomas Traherne to deepen the experience.
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Kiss the Earth with Your Feet
This Thich Nhat Hahn poem can be used to simultaneously celebrate Buddha’s birthday and National All Is Ours Day, both April 8 holidays.
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Stay Focused When Out on a Walk
When we walk in the woods, this Powys poem reminds us to stay focused.
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Poets and Climate Change’s 5-Alarm Fire
Literature has a role to play in the fight against climate change. Coleridge early on showed us how.
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Diving into May Flowers
An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.
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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