“Oh to be in England now that April’s here”–and not in Italy, with its gaudy melon flowers!
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Tag Archives: William Blake
For England, Buttercup > Melon Flower
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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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A Star Has Fallen, to Blossom from a Tomb
John Heath-Stubbs’s “On the Nativity” is one of my favorite Christmas poems.
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Lit that Championed Chimney Sweeps
Watching modern chimney sweeps at work, I’m relieved that we’ve left behind the days of William Blake and Charles Dickens.
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