A Carolyne Wright poem about the Samaritan woman at the well shows us a figure searching for spiritual truth beneath the “brackish water” of her life.
My Intro to Literature class explored how a disconnect from nature leads to existential anguish while opening themselves up to nature provides spiritual nourishment.
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