Poetry, Culture, and the University of Dallas “…that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” Any noble movement in culture is preceded by a return and re-grasping of foundational ideals, a return to simplicity. Optimism and simplicity graces a finished soul, a noble character, a saint. After four years, is […]
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An Afternoon With Dr. Louise Cowan
11
Jun 2009
Category: Dr. Cowan, English Professor, Liberal Arts, Literature, Poetry, Smoking, UD, University of Dallas, Wine
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An adventure for a poem
31
May 2009
I came across this poem a while back, but it should remind us to have adventures always, no matter how old we get. It is by Mark Van Doren, a devout Catholic and legendary professor of English at Columbia back in the day. He taught Dr. John Senior, and (I believe) Paul Spring’s father. I […]
Category: Adventure, Dr. Senior, English Professor, It Is What It Is, Mark Van Doren, Paul Spring, Poetry, Smoking, Trains
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To His Coy…Prufrock?
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Dec 2008
A friend of mine is reading poems with Dr. Whalen. He told me that Eliot might allude to “To His Coy Mistress.” Squeezing the universe into a ball, Do I dare disturb the universe? Maybe Eliot really liked Marvell’s war on time. Anyone heard this before?
Category: It Is What It Is
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