Church and State: Katia Kapovich, “Painting a Room”
Painting a Room (from poetry 180) Katia Kapovich Here on a March day in ‘89 I blanch the ceiling and walls with bluish lime. Drop cloths and old newspapers hide...
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Defiant in Darkness: On Dickinson’s “Me, change! Me, alter!” (268)
“Me, change! Me, alter!” (268) Emily Dickinson Me, change! Me, alter! Then I will, when on the Everlasting Hill A Smaller Purple grows – At su...
On Hopkins’ “The Caged Skylark”
The Caged Skylark Gerard Manley Hopkins (from bartleby.com) AS a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage Man’s mounting spirit in his bone-house, mean house, d...
Dirty thoughts: On Dickinson’s “A Moth the hue of this” (841)
“A Moth the hue of this…” (841) Emily Dickinson A Moth the hue of this Haunts Candles in Brazil. Nature’s Experience would make Our Redd...
Divine Terror: On Emily Dickinson’s “I fear a Man of frugal Speech” (543)
“I fear a Man of frugal Speech…” (543) Emily Dickinson I fear a Man of frugal Speech – I fear a Silent Man – Haranguer – I c...