Our College has closed down two dorms after a mold attack. Among the many remedies has been an Emily Dickinson poem.
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Tag Archives: Nature
For a Mold Attack, Read Dickinson
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Letting the Bears Loose in Zanesville
Sometimes art holds a mirror up to life, sometimes life imitates art. Wednesday’s story of exotic animals on the rampage in Zanesville, Ohio had me thinking we were in the middle of the John Irving novel Letting the Bears Loose. The story, in case you missed it, involved the owner of an exotic animal preserve […]
My Memories of a Mountain Writer
May Justus, an Appalachian author who wrote children’s books and poetry, has a great poem about windy weather. Recalling it recently brought back other memories of this remarkable woman.
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Here Comes Autumn, Her Skirts A-Twirl
Autumn kicks off this week–Friday by some calculations–so here’s a poem by Scott Bates to celebrate her coming.
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Shine On, Harvest Moon
Philip Larkin has written a fine poem about harvest moons, one of which we experienced last night.
A Shimmering of Wind in the Blue Leaves
In her poem “Of Being,” Denise Levertov believes that mystery of creation outweighs the “looming presences” of great suffering and fear.
Rhinos and RINOs, Both Endangered
Rhinos are killed for their horns, which are falsely believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Knocking off RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only, is proving an intoxicating political sport of its own.
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Summer in the Glen
Scott Bates tells us that when we give ourselves over to the universe of which we are a part, then we escape the entrapment of self.