For years, since first encountering it, I have made it a point to read and pray with Denise Levertov’s poem “On a Theme from Julian’s Chapter XX” on Good Friday. (If you’re not yet familiar with ...

The Sun has offered as Poem of the Day two previous works by John Donne (1572–1631): “I Am a Little World Made Cunningly” and “Air and Angels” — both knotty, complex poems, and both examples of why he ...

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