This Chesterton poems recounts Palm Sunday from the donkey’s point of view.
Tag Archives: Spirituality
Fleeing God (a.k.a. the Hound of Heaven)
Francis Thompson’s huanting “Hound of Heaven” captures the fears who of those who think of themselves as unworthy of love.
My Grandson, a “Best Philosopher”
Having grandchildren has changed my perspective on Wordsworth’s “Intimations of Immortality.”
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First Snowfall, A Moment of Grace
For Mary Oliver, the season’s first snow fall raises existential questions and then answers them in its own way.
Uncontrollable Mystery on the Bestial Floor
A Yeats poem about the Magi helps us transition out of Christmas and back into our work lives.
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Love Saith, “Be with Me Where I Am”
A Christina Rossetti poem about the massacre of the innocents looks for solace for such tragedies in Christ’s love.
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I Carry You in Me Like an Embryo
Marge Piercy’s mother died during Hanukkah and the poet uses the season to reflect upon their contentious relationship.
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I Grasp God’s Garment in the Void
For Denise Levertov, poetry and prayer run on parallel tracks.
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Haunted by the Absent Music
“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” episode in “Wind in the Willows” is a powerful expression of pantheism.
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