Many American poets have found God in nature, including Longfellow. His “Cathedral Towers” compares pine trees to a church.
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Stately Pines, Cathedral Towers
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Read Poetry To Keep Hope Alive
Literature that just shows us the grim truth of reality without the possibility of hope calls into question the whole enterprise. Much great literature frames reality in such a way that we can see new possibilities for ourselves.
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The Silver Water Crushes Like Silk
Although not explicitly religious, Mary Oliver has a Good Friday-Resurrection progression in many of her poems, including “Morning at Great Pond.”
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