My mother fractured her pelvis this past week. This poem about pain helps me empathize.
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Seeing the Beauty in an Invalid
As I sat by the hospital bed of a dear friend holding her hand, the well-known opening lines from Auden’s “Lullaby” came to mind:
Let Me Not Love Thee If I Love Thee Not
George Herbert, never afraid to go toe-to-toe with God, grapples with his tormenting faith in “Affliction (1).”
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Women Who Refuse To Be Broken
There are certain poets who appear indomitable and, in their confident affirmations of life, inspire the rest of us. Lucille Clifton was one of these poets.
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On Sickness and the Power of Prayer
In “War and Peace” Tolstoy gives a powerful account of how prayer and church attendance can help in the recovery process.
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