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Tag Archives: optimism
A McEwan Passage to Raise Your Spirits
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Shots That Signal a Promising Future
I’ve just had my second Covid shot, which has me thinking of Alexander Hamilton’s shot in Miranda’s musical. Pip’s cautious optimism about the future also comes to mind.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Charles Dickens, Covid vaccine, COVID-19, founding ideals, Great Expectations, Hamilton, Joe Biden, Lin-Manuel Miranda Comments closed
Finding Hope in Dark Times
If you need to poem to give you hope as Donald Trump tries to blow up the world order, check out Muriel Rukeyser’s “I lived in the first century of world wars.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Poem", 1968, activism, Muriel Rukeyser, oppression, Social Justice Comments closed
