Tag Archives: William Wordsworth

The Otherworldly Cry of the Loon

By Robin Bates | Published: February 3, 2024

Nemerov’s “Loon’s Cry” searches for the transcendent in our world.

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A Wordsworth Thanksgiving Poem

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2023

In which I read Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a Thanksgiving poem.

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Preserved in God’s Golden Sap

By Robin Bates | Published: October 28, 2023

In Karr’s spiritual vision, we are like precious insects, preserved in the glowing amber of God’s love.

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Finding God in Silence

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2023

Poet Jennifer Michael gave a talk on finding God through poetry, featuring Berry, Hirshfield, Oliver, and others.

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God Reaches Us through Art

By Robin Bates | Published: September 2, 2023

I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.

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For England, Buttercup > Melon Flower

By Robin Bates | Published: April 10, 2023

“Oh to be in England now that April’s here”–and not in Italy, with its gaudy melon flowers!

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All Our Seeing Rinsed and Cleansed

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2023

In “Transfiguration,” poet Edwin Muir discussed what it means to have our sight rinsed and cleansed.

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Awed by the Alps

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2022

Visiting the Slovenian Alps got me thinking of Wordsworth approaching the mountain range further west. Our experience was less foreboding.

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Wanted: Poets to Fight Climate Change

By Robin Bates | Published: December 29, 2021

To understand role poets can play in fighting climate change, go back to the Romantics and especially “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

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