This Morning
published
A poem concerning the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America
Tagged ‘poetry’
Thoughts on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
published
The Wife’s Lament
published
An Old English poem with the distinction of being narrated by a woman.
‘Blackberry Eating,’ by Galway Kinnell
published
One of my favorite poems; it is remarkably visceral.
Marlowe & Raleigh
published
A dialog in verse
‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger,’ by William Blake
published
Two of Blake’s most famous poems, as good a pairing as ever.
‘London,’ by William Blake
published
Are you … experienced? You will be, after reading this 18th-century poem.
‘Pearl’ and Middle English
published
A few thoughts on the ‘Perle plesaunte’
Cædmon’s Hymn
published
A brief introduction to the oldest poem in English
Introduction to Shakespeare
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A spring 2006 course at Loyola University Chicago on the plays and poems of William Shakespeare