A Charles Simic poem celebrating the magic of libraries.
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Listen Carefully, the Books Are Whispering
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Pullman’s Debt to the Romantic Poets
In Secret Commonwealth and Rose Field, Pullman takes inspiration from the great Romantic poets in his quest to keep the imagination open.
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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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Was the Moon Landing Poetic? A Debate
Friday As tomorrow will be the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing, I went looking for literature that marked the occasion. A useful New York Times article, written 20 years after the event, surveyed the field and alerted me to the two poems that I share today. Interestingly, not much was written, leading to the […]
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Reconnecting with the Forest Spirits
Here’s a story of how Wordsworth allows a Myanmar student reconnect with the forest spirits of her childhood.
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