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Poetry Friday: Poem #33, Young Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott

Posted by Sherry on 9/2/2010 in 2010 Projects, General, Poetry Project, Poets and poetry

“Reduced to its simplest and most essential form, the poem is a song. Song is neither discourse nor explanation.”~Octavio Paz O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best; And save his good broadsword he weapons had none, He rode all unarm’d, and he rode [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalms 23 and 24

Posted by Sherry on 8/31/2010 in 2010 Projects, BIble Reading Project, Poets and poetry

These are the chestnut psalms. Everyone knows at least a little of Psalm 23, and most people have heard or memorized phrases from Psalm 24. 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he restores [...]

 
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Sunday Salon: Books Read in August 2010

Posted by Sherry on 8/29/2010 in 2010 Projects, General, Sunday Salon

Adult and Young Adult Fiction: Shanghai GIrls by Lisa See. Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted (Chinese) sisters. Semicolon review here. The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris. Love and loss in war-torn Sierra Leone. Semicolon review here. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card. Columbus gets a second chance to do [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalm 19

Posted by Sherry on 8/26/2010 in 2010 Projects, BIble Reading Project, Christian Life, Poets and poetry, Top 100 Hymn Project

As we read this psalm together this morning, I thought, “Ah, I know this one. I’ve sung it and read it and written notes in my Bible about it. How comfortingly familiar!” The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalm 18

Posted by Sherry on 8/25/2010 in BIble Reading Project, Children's Fiction, General, Music and Hymns, Poets and poetry

At least three book titles of books that I have read and enjoyed come from this psalm: Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle, The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare, and Hind’s Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard. Many Waters is a retelling of the story of Noah from the Bible. Ms. L’Engle takes quite a [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalm 16

Posted by Sherry on 8/23/2010 in 2010 Projects, BIble Reading Project, General, Poets and poetry

1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” 3 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. 4 The sorrows of [...]

 
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Poem #31: Daffodils by William Wordsworth

Posted by Sherry on 8/20/2010 in General, Poetry Project, Poets and poetry

I did the poetry survey last spring, and then started with great gusto to post one poem per weekday in chronological order of the most popular 100 poems in the survey. At some point I lost momentum, got lazy, and neglected my and your poetic education. Now I’m back with a more humble goal of [...]

 
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What I Learned From Psalm 10

Posted by Sherry on 8/17/2010 in 2010 Projects, BIble Reading Project, Christian Life, General

Psalm 10 is really the other half of Psalm 9. The two psalms together form an acrostic poem in Hebrew. In English, the two psalms just share the same thoughts about the faithfulness and justice of God Most High. 1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalm 9

Posted by Sherry on 8/16/2010 in BIble Reading Project, Poets and poetry

1 I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 3 My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. 4 For you have upheld my right [...]

 
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What I Learned from Psalm 6

Posted by Sherry on 8/13/2010 in 2010 Projects, BIble Reading Project, General, Poets and poetry

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is [...]

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