A post associating a T.S. Eliot quotation, a Tolkien passage, and a Gaiman episode from “American Gods” with ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota.
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Tag Archives: Waste Land
T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Gaiman, and ICE
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My Blog as Modernist Project
I repost an essay where I describe by blog and book as a Modernist project, using fragments to “shore up against my ruins” (Eliot’s Waste Land).
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Blog Fragments Shored against My Ruins
In which apply a line from T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” to this very blog and suddenly understand the project in a new way.
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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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Kamala Harris Meets the Fisher King
Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Chrétien de Troyes, Donald Trump, Election 2024, fisher king, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Perceval, T.S. Eliot Comments closed
Using Poetry to Mourn a Child
Jonathan Foster recent poetry collection “Indigo: The Color of Grief” powerfully captures the death of his child.
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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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Trump, Stormy, and The Waste Land
The Stormy Daniels-Trump encounter resembles the sordid sex scene found in T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land.”
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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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "No Voyage", Adonais, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Beowulf, death and grieving, death of a child, In Memoriam, John Milton, Lycidas, Mary Oliveer, Percy Shelley, T. S. Eliot Comments closed