Wordsworth’s “Character of a Happy Warrior” describes everything that Trump is not but it captures some of our great presidents.
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Wendell Berry’s Sabbath Vision
In this fine talk Andrea Sanders explores Wendell Berry’s vision of Sabbath, with slide glances at Dillard, Thoreau, Dickinson, and others.
All Which We Behold Is Full of Blessings
Think of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a gratitude poem appropriate for Thanksgiving.
Lose Yourself Inside This Soft World
Be mindful of the world, Mary Oliver tells us in “Mindful,” a poem that echoes Wordsworth and Hopkins.
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Christ Be with Me, Christ within Me
To understand the Trinity, think of yourself sitting in nature and seeing God both in and beyond your surroundings.
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He Took Us with Him to the Heart of Things
Poet’s writing about the Ascension often focus on our tangled lives.
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The Otherworldly Cry of the Loon
Nemerov’s “Loon’s Cry” searches for the transcendent in our world.
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A Wordsworth Thanksgiving Poem
In which I read Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a Thanksgiving poem.
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Preserved in God’s Golden Sap
In Karr’s spiritual vision, we are like precious insects, preserved in the glowing amber of God’s love.
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