The Prodigal Son is a fruitful story for artist projection.
Tag Archives: Rudyard Kipling
Out There the World Is Cruel and Loud
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Into My Heart an Air that Kills", "Prodigal Son", "Soldier Rest", A. E. Housman, Edith Nesbit, Walter Scott Comments closed
Respect Soldiers, Keep Them Safe
In a number of his poems, Kipling honors the common soldier by giving us his perspective.
Calling on Beowulf in the Middle East
Middle Eastern leaders could learn from Beowulf–and so could Mitt Romney–as they deal with anti-American riots.
Don’t Underestimate Midsummer Madness
The summer solstice and Shakespeare’s famous play appear sentimental to us today. They were not always so.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged A. S. Byatt, Children's Book, fairies, Geoffrey Chaucer, Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Puck of Pook's Hill, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, summer solstice, Wife of Bath, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Once We Memorized Poetry
Memorizing poetry used to be standard classroom practice and poetry was widely popular before the snobs came in.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", "Ozymandias", "Trees", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Cleanth Brooks, Gunga Din, Joyce Kilmer, Memorizing poetry, Percy Shelley, Robert Penn Warren, Ulysses, William Wordsworth Comments closed
Peyton Manning as Moby Dick?!
Sports Saturday In anticipation of football’s “Wild Card Weekend,” which begins today, I see that a sports writer has invoked Herman Melville’s masterpiece. Dan Graziano believes that Indianapolis Colt quarterback Peyton Manning has become Rex Ryan’s Moby Dick. He has beaten the New York Jets coach so many times that Ryan has become obsessed with […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Fuzzy-Wuzzy", Alfred Lord Tennyson, East of Eden, Football, Herman Melville, John Steinbeck, Jungle Books, Moby Dick, Sports, Ulysses Comments closed
