Posts Tagged With: poetry

A Sonnet for The Kilns

Posted on January 11, 2012 by cslewisfoundation

As I write this, I am staying at The Kilns as a Scholar in Residence through the C.S. Lewis Foundation. It’s my first visit to The Kilns, and it’s marvelous. The house has been lovingly restored by volunteer labor to be much as possible how it was when C.S. Lewis and his brother Warnie lived … Continue reading »

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Poetry in the 21st Century – Does It Matter?

Posted on March 27, 2009 by cslewisfoundation

At our Oxbridge 2008 conference, Dana Gioia, award winning poet and former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, gave an address titled “Art and the Search for Meaning.”  In it, he discussed the role of art in life, in education, and in Christianity, and argued that we have an innate need for beauty … Continue reading »

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“Among the Oxen”: A Reflection on C.S. Lewis’ Christmas Poetry

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Jenny Sawyer

As December progresses, the most familiar rhymes of the season start popping out everywhere:  radio waves and shopping malls are filled with the strains of carols, mailboxes are flooded with cards full of short Christmas poems, and “’Twas The Night Before Christmas” is read out loud in homes across the world.  The topics of these … Continue reading »

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