In “Transfiguration,” poet Edwin Muir discussed what it means to have our sight rinsed and cleansed.
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All Our Seeing Rinsed and Cleansed
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Awed by the Alps
Visiting the Slovenian Alps got me thinking of Wordsworth approaching the mountain range further west. Our experience was less foreboding.
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On Revisiting Intense Experiences
Returning to my alma mater reminds me of Wordsworth returning to the Wye River in “Tintern Abbey.” That he shares the experience with his sister makes it even more relevant.
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A Friendship Stronger Than Fear
As I spent a night in an emergency room, I thought of my wife, my mother, and this Piercy Ruth and Naomi poem.
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Summer’s Over, Back to School
The end of the Pooh books mourns the end of summer and the return to school.
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Poetry Complements the Intellectual Life
In the grip of an arid intellect resulting in depression, philosopher John Stuart Mill turned to poetry.
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Imagination’s Transformative Power
The Romantics saw the literary imagination as a powerful transformational force.
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Dreaming of Travel during Covid
A very smart Covid poem circulating on social media at the moment references 11 poems, all about longing to travel.
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