Emily Dickinson captures magical light of spring–and its transience.
Tag Archives: Nature
A Light Exists in Spring
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The Erotic Call of the Pear Tree
Zora Neale Hurston has one of the most erotic descriptions of a blossoming tree that you will find anywhere.
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First Snowfall, A Moment of Grace
For Mary Oliver, the season’s first snow fall raises existential questions and then answers them in its own way.
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My Heart Leapt Up
A rainbow sighting led to a discussion about how humans often turn to nature for guiding metaphors.
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Autumn’s Subterranean Mysteries
Oliver’s “Fall Song” captures the “rich spiced residues” of autumn.
Autumn Striptease
As Scott Bates sees it, trees in autumn are involved in a joyous striptease.
Half in Love with Easeful Death
In his haunting “Ode to a Nightingale,” Keats imagines himself as a homesick Ruth standing “amid the alien corn.”
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Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here
“Sandy” conjures up for me a traumatic childhood reading experience along with a passage from “The Tempest.”
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Hurricanes Make Us All Poor, Infirm, Weak
The onslaught of Hurricane Sandy reminds us of King Lear’s storm experience.
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