Trump sycophant Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly yesterday. I turn to Beckett, Orwell, Conrad and Eliot to sum up the man.
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The Lost Honor of Lindsey Graham
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The Gift That Only You Can Give
Like many Epiphany poems, Jan Richardson’s “For Those Who Have Far to Travel” focuses on the journey.
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Eliot’s Hollow Men and Trump’s Enablers
T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” does a good job of describing Trump’s Congressional enablers.
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When the Light Knocks on the Door
Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “truth” dramatizes the conflict between disturbing hope and familiar darkness. Think of it as an Advent poem.
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Hearing the Celestial Voices
Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.
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Pentecost in Narnia
There’s a Pentecostal scene in “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” that captures the excitement of the Holy Spirit’s descent.
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Remembering My Eldest 24 Years Later
A Mary Oliver poem about grieving as I remember my eldest, who died 24 years ago on this day.
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A Poem for When You’re Feeling Weary
Swinburne’s “Garden of Proserpine,” a good poem for when you’re feeling fed up with life.
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T.S. Eliot Meets Groundhog Day
If the groundhog sees its shadow today, will it fall into existential despair?–which is Eliot’s response to shadows in “The Waste Land.”
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