In “Desert Places,” Frost finds despair in a handful of snow. Maybe he also has in mind Melville’s discourse on whiteness in “Moby Dick.”
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Tag Archives: Robert Frost
Winter Solstice and Desert Places
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The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
With extreme climate, the world in likely to end (to cite Robert Frost) in fire AND ice.
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Poems for Keeping the Home Fires Burning
I’m currently into cutting wood. Frost offers some cautions.
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The Ice Storm Cometh
We’re currently undergoing a potentially severe ice storm. Here’s what Robert Frost has to say about ice storms.
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Ragnarok, an Extreme Weather Event
Gaiman’s account of the Norse apocalypse Ragnarok comes close to describing a world destroyed by climate change.
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Promises on the Year’s Darkest Evening
When we have a president who is governed by self-gratification, Frost’s famous poem about honoring obligations is what we need.
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The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
When Frost wrote, “Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice,” it now appears (judging by Australia and Greenland) that everyone is right.
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Ensnar’d with Flow’rs I Fall on Grass
Friday I found utterly dispiriting this past week’s Democratic debates in which candidates lasered in on tiny differences while a fire rages all around us. I haven’t wanted to relax my vigilance regarding Donald Trump since autocrats win when we become so worn down that we stop paying attention. Nevertheless, these two wretched debates made […]
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