Poet Jennifer Michael gave a talk on finding God through poetry, featuring Berry, Hirshfield, Oliver, and others.
Tag Archives: William Wordsworth
God Reaches Us through Art
I share a talk about the relationship between God and creativity. Authors mentioned: Shelley, Homer, Plato, Silko, Walker, Clifton.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to the West Wind", "the light that came to lucille clifton", Alice Walker, Artist's Way, Ceremony, Color Purple, Creativity, Homer, Intimations of Immortality, Ion, John Milton, Julia Cameron, Leslie Marmon Silko, Lucille Clifton, Paradise Lost, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Plato, poetic muse, Republic Comments closed
For England, Buttercup > Melon Flower
“Oh to be in England now that April’s here”–and not in Italy, with its gaudy melon flowers!
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Auguries of Innocence", "Elegy on a Country Churchyard", "Flower in a Crannied Wall", "Home Thoughts from Abroad", Alfred Lord Tennyson, England, flowers, Intimations of Immortality, Robert Browning, Thomas Gray, William Blake Comments closed
All Our Seeing Rinsed and Cleansed
In “Transfiguration,” poet Edwin Muir discussed what it means to have our sight rinsed and cleansed.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Tintern Abbey", "Transfiguration", Edwin Muir, Transfiguration Comments closed
Awed by the Alps
Visiting the Slovenian Alps got me thinking of Wordsworth approaching the mountain range further west. Our experience was less foreboding.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Shell", James Stephens, Prelude, Slovenian Alps Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Tortoise Shout", college reunions, D. H. Lawrence, Overstory, Richard Powers, Tintern Abbey Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Ode to a Nightingale", "Book of Ruth and Naomi", "Strange Fits of Passion I Have Known", Book of Ruth, John Keats, Marge Piercy, mothers and daughters-in-law, widows Comments closed
Summer’s Over, Back to School
The end of the Pooh books mourns the end of summer and the return to school.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "End of Summer", "Tables Turned", A. A. Milne, back to school, House on Pooh Corner Comments closed
