Tag Archives: "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"

Stately Pines, Cathedral Towers

By Robin Bates | Published: September 14, 2019

Many American poets have found God in nature, including Longfellow. His “Cathedral Towers” compares pine trees to a church.

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Read Poetry To Keep Hope Alive

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2017

Literature that just shows us the grim truth of reality without the possibility of hope calls into question the whole enterprise. Much great literature frames reality in such a way that we can see new possibilities for ourselves.

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The Silver Water Crushes Like Silk

By Robin Bates | Published: April 22, 2012

Although not explicitly religious, Mary Oliver has a Good Friday-Resurrection progression in many of her poems, including “Morning at Great Pond.”

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