Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” works as a Lenten poem but departs from medieval notions of what Lent involves.
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A Mary Oliver Poem for Lent
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A Woman 600 Years Ahead of Her Time
If Chaucer’s created a timeless and transcendent character in the Wife of Bath, it is because he listened–really listened–to women.
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The Green Knight and Plague Fears
The message of the Green Knight: love nature, love your bodies, and love life. People who don’t are often driven by their fear of life’s transience.
Covid PTSD and the Green Knight
Has Covid-caused PTSD created a MAGA death cult? I turn to “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” written in response to the Black Plague, for perspective.
The Sleepy Sound of a Tea-Time Tide
We’re currently visiting Anglesey, Wales and can thus appreciate John Betjeman’s idyllic poem about the bay.
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