The power and effectiveness of Harris and Walz’s joy is captured in poems by Blake and Gibran.
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Tag Archives: William Blake
Blake, Gibran, and Harris’s Joy
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Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Few poems better capture for me that vision of God’s heaven on earth than Blake’s “The Divine Image.”
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Hearing the Celestial Voices
Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.
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Blake’s Warning about Radicals
While students are right to protest Israeli violence in Gaza, the authoritarian streak in certain extremists is disturbing. Blake reveals the danger in “The Grey Monk.”
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Blake on Racism and Child Abuse
Blake’s “Little Black Boy,” quoted by Lamott in her latest book, is a complex exploration of racism.
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What Are Days For? Larkin’s Non Answer
In “Days,”Larkin urges us to make the most of each day.
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Every Stone and Every Star a Tongue
17th century poet Traherne as an early version of Green Gospel, a recent book by John Gatta.
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Our Country, a Land of Poverty
Blake calls out those who claim to be Christians while mistreating the poor.
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Poetic Incentives to Take Long Walks
If you are a walker, read 17th century poet Thomas Traherne to deepen the experience.
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