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Kevin’s Much-Loved Poems–“Ode to a Nightingale,” “Thousand and First Ship,” and “Lamp in the Window”

Kevin Arnold, Nonfiction, Poetry, Writings, Writings / By Kevin Arnold

This continues the series of columns that highlights a much-loved poem and presents other poems that speak to, or resonate with, that poem. This week features “Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats, written in 1819, almost two hundred years ago. The two related poems are both by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thousand and First Ship,” and […]

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Kevin’s Much Loved Poems–“Another Dog’s Death”

This is the sixth in a series of columns that feature a much-loved poem, and a second poem that speaks to, or resonates with, that poem. This week’s poem is “Another Dog’s Death,” written by John Updike around 1989. The Poetry Foundation states, “An acclaimed and award-winning writer of fiction, essays, and reviews, John Updike