To bolster yourself against this age of anxiety, memorize robust poetry. Other poetry works as well.
Tag Archives: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Case for Memorizing Poetry
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Following a Drought, Healing Rain
Tuesday For weeks now, we here in Tennessee and other parts of the American south have been gripped by what they’re calling a “flash drought.” Abnormally high temperatures and lack of any precipitation have been “cracking farm soil, drying up ponds and raising the risk of wildfires.” We’re far from the worst extreme weather event […]
Imagining Little Ocean’s Future
Looking for the literary significance of my latest grandchild, I turn to Walcott, Whitman, Masefield, Coleridge, and Byron. What emerges is a mystical seeker.
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At Last We Have Water, Water Everywhere
I celebrate the water once again running through our house with a Coleridge passage.
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Spirituality in Nature
John Gatta’s “Spirit of Place in American Literary Culture” explains why we find certain places, in nature and in civilization, to be infused with spirit.
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Visit Puerto Rico with Wings of Healing
Read through hurricane-weary eyes, Coleridge’s “Dejection: An Ode” promises soulful hope.
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The Eclipse Brought 2 Poems to Mind
While watch the solar eclipse, I conflated two poetic passages, one from “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the other from “The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence.”
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Caves of Ice, Prophecies of War
Scientists are detecting faster-than-predicted melting of the Greenland glaciers, which would lead to catastrophic sea level rise. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan,” with its caves of ice and prophecies of war, comes to mind.
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