As Coleridge and Mary Oliver teach us, when we are trapped in extreme cold, we come to value life.
Tag Archives: Winter
What Extreme Cold Teaches Us
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First Snowfall, A Moment of Grace
For Mary Oliver, the season’s first snow fall raises existential questions and then answers them in its own way.
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The Comfort of Axe Biting into Wood
In “Tinkers,” Paul Harding talks about the spiritual meaning of the aches and pains in a cold morning.
Praise the Wet Snow
In her poem about a gray October day, Denise Levertov senses “the invisible sun burning beyond.”
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Velvet Shoes, Walking in Snow
“We shall walk in velvet shoes,” writes poet Elinor Wylie, describing the experience of walking in snow.
What Can I Give Him? Give Him My Heart
Spiritual Sunday Snow currently blankets southern Maryland as we enter the final days leading up to Christmas, making this the perfect time to print Christina Rossetti’s gorgeous poem, “In the Bleak Midwinter.”I love how it begins with hard and cold images and concludes with a simple gift of the heart. Although God is worshipped by […]
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