Tag: poet

• Ash Wednesday the Poem by T.S. Eliot

  Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent is tomorrow and I came across this poem by T.S. Eliot called “Ash-Wednesday”, which is the first long poem written by T. S. Eliot after his conversion to Anglicanism (or the Church of England) in 1927. The entire poem was a big long for one blog post so…

  Scott Fillmer

  March 8, 2011

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• Theology the Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

  This is a followup post to The Pop-Culture Glenn Beck Theology article I published earlier in the week. I came across this poem earlier in the week by Paul Laurence Dunbar called “Theology”, and it struck me on multiple levels; it was hilarious and sad. Paul Laurence Dunbar published his first book of poetry in…

  Scott Fillmer

  September 4, 2010

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• Tick Tock Goes the Clock by Jacques Marciano :: Poem

  Today I have a guest author, one of my nephews (published here under my given pen name for him), graciously offered one of his poems for this Saturday sidenote post. After reading several of his poems I realized that poetry is certainly not dependent on age for elegance and beauty.  My first thought was, not…

  Scott Fillmer

  August 21, 2010

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• The Complete Egoist by Arthur Guiterman

  I have tried over the years to reconcile the whole of what is social networking to how it helps or destroys the effort of devoting one’s life to the pursuit of God.  Reading through a sermon written by a family member in 1976, I came across this poem by Arthur Guiterman called “The Complete Egoist”,…

  Scott Fillmer

  July 19, 2010

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