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Our Hearts in Ink

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That Beauty May Endure: The Call of Artists in a Pandemic

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Landmarks of Love

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A Call to Remembrance: Notre Dame and the Internet Age

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The Birth of a Church

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Seen Through the Window Frame

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Poem of the Week: London Snow

February 18, 2019 Further Up and Further In

London Snow When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying,       Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town; Deadening, muffling, stifling its murmurs … Continue reading Poem of the Week: London Snow

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Poem of the Week: The Soldier

February 10, 2019 Further Up and Further In

The Soldier If I should die, think only this of me; That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Soldier

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Poem of the Week: Much Madness is divinest Sense

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Further Up and Further In

Dickinson has the wondrous capacity to produce verse both so short in length, yet timeless in its wisdom. One could read this poem in a few moments, but spend an entire lifetime learning of its truth. Indeed, these lines contain … Continue reading Poem of the Week: Much Madness is divinest Sense

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Poem of the Week: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 Further Up and Further In

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering … Continue reading Poem of the Week: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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Poem of the Week: The Snowstorm

January 20, 2019 Further Up and Further In

“Come see the north wind’s masonry.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said this of some other place, but it seems that he wrote these lines looking out my own window this morning. I have read this poem many times before, but as … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Snowstorm

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Poem of the Week: The Coliseum

January 13, 2019 Further Up and Further In

The Coliseum Type of the antique Rome! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation left to Time By buried centuries of pomp and power! At length—at length—after so many days Of weary pilgrimage and burning thirst (Thirst for the springs of lore … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Coliseum

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Isolation and the Old Spirits

January 12, 2019January 16, 2019 Further Up and Further In

Recent weeks have brought with them some fascinating reflections on the notion of disenchantment. Poe’s “Sonnet—To Science,” a poem I recently shared, laments the inevitable banishment of magic from the natural world at the hands of Science; then there’s this excellent piece … Continue reading Isolation and the Old Spirits

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Poem of the Week: Mending Wall

January 6, 2019February 11, 2019 Further Up and Further In

William Harmon’s The Top 500 Poems offers us this week’s poem, one of my favorites from Robert Frost. “Good fences make good neighbors.” Harmon comments here on the proverb Frost so brilliantly embeds within it: “The sentiment can be traced back … Continue reading Poem of the Week: Mending Wall

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Poem of the Week: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

December 30, 2018 Further Up and Further In

I have done enough reading online within evangelical-ish circles to know that I should be much farther along in my compulsory Wendell Berry literacy. That said, with a contrite spirit I have neglected my duties no more, and these past … Continue reading Poem of the Week: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

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Poem of the Week: The Martian

December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 Further Up and Further In

This week I am proud to feature a poem written by my youngest brother Connor, an aspiring poet in 7th grade. In both our conversations and his writing, I am continually impressed by his unique and creative perspectives. I’ve already … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Martian

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