Trump is a Richard III figure. A Robert Hayden poem tells us how to counter him.
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Tag Archives: Robert Hayden
The Loneliness of the Tyrant
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Pushing Back against the Purity Police
While not as bad as fascists for censoring reading materials, leftwing purists present their own problems.
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Our Parents’ Invisible Sacrifices
As I tend our fire, I think of Robert Hayden’s luminescent poem “Those Winter Sundays.”
March Madness Is Divinest Sense (Sort of)
Having a March Madness bracket for poems provided excitement for kids and enlightenment for this teacher.
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Burdened by Ice
Spiritual Sunday With much of the country groaning under the weight of winter storms, I share a Robert Hayden poem in which the speaker calls out to God in his misery. I warn you the poem does not conclude with a comforting—or a facile—promise. Sounding very much like George Herbert in his inability to pray, […]
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On a Father’s Unspoken Love
Robert Hayden’s “Those Sunday Mornings” lends itself to a religious interpretation about a caring father who selflessly takes care of his child, expecting nothing in return.