William Blake captures the true spirit of the Transfiguration in “Eternity.”
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Into the Woods with Blake and Sondheim
Blake and Sondheim both respect children’s need to explore far more than various book banners.
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For England, Buttercup > Melon Flower
“Oh to be in England now that April’s here”–and not in Italy, with its gaudy melon flowers!
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Auguries of Innocence", "Elegy on a Country Churchyard", "Flower in a Crannied Wall", "Home Thoughts from Abroad", Alfred Lord Tennyson, England, flowers, Intimations of Immortality, Robert Browning, Thomas Gray, William Wordsworth Comments closed
School in August?! Blake Appalled
In “School Boy,” the idea of going to school in summer appalls Blake. He’d be horrified at American start times.
Methought I Heard One Calling, “Child”
For Father’s Day, here are a couple of God the father poems.
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Chaucer’s Miller & the Los Angeles Rams
The LA Rams won the Super Bowl, bringing Chaucer’s Miller to mind.
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Hydrocarbons Are Our Dark Satanic Mills
Blake’s “Jerusalem” can be read as a challenge to oppose the forces of climate change that threaten our beautiful country.
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Father God, I Want to Sit on Your Knees
A Katherine Mansfield poem to “God the Father” for Father’s Day.
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