John Donne

John Donne (/ˈdʌn/ DUN) (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong, sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immense knowledge of English society and he met that knowledge with sharp criticism. Another important theme in Donne's poetry is the idea of true religion, something that he spent much time considering and about which he often theorized. He wrote secular poems as well as erotic and love poems. He is particularly famous for his mastery of metaphysical conceits.

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Census 2020: The numbers matter for public health

Olean Times Herald 14 Jul 2020

The other day, across a wide and fragrant stretch of mint separating our yards, my neighbor and I talked about the 2020 census ... It can impact health policy ... In 1624, during a serious illness, John Donne penned these now famous words, “No man is an island, entire of itself…” that remind us of our connectedness and our mutual responsibility ... ....

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Writers not finding lockdown induced solitude useful

The Times of India 13 Jul 2020

NEW DELHI ... If not, the Earth will speak." ... Shanbhag--who misses his walks and his friends--predicts a bleak future shorn of trust and handshakes but for the more optimistic Tripathi, the lockdown has reiterated his faith in the title of John Donne's famous book on our relationship with our fellow human beings ... Download ... India . ....

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Poem of the week: Sic Vita by Henry David Thoreau

The Observer 06 Jul 2020

(“It is but thin soil where we stand; I have felt my roots in a richer ere this. I have seen a bunch of violets in a glass vase, tied loosely with a straw, which reminded me of myself” ... I am a parcel of vain strivings tied ... King was a friend of John Donne and Ben Jonson and his graceful little praise song to flowers suggests another possible source ... ....

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Locally Writ: EWU professor Paul Lindholdt’s poetry collection ‘Makes Landfall’ tells stories of early Americans

The Spokesman-Review 05 Jul 2020

Despite a career largely spent writing nonfiction and creative nonfiction, EWU English professor Paul Lindholdt has always had a desire to write a collection of poetry ... “It was very organic.”. Taking inspiration from the poetry of Emily Dickinson and John Donne, “Making Landfall” is a collection of monologues in one sense or another....

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Kathy Schwartz: Find your May Day basket

Kokomo Tribune 02 Jul 2020

John Donne wrote, “No man is an island ...” ... ....

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Letter: Challenge of making Du Bois' dream reality

The Berkshire Eagle 01 Jul 2020

To the editor.. In "The Souls Of Black Folks," W.E.B. Du Bois wrote ... He wrote this in 1903 ... After George Floyd's tragic murder at the hands of the Minneapolis police, John Donne's poem "No Man Is An Island" kept troubling me ... in front of St. John's Episcopal Church at the Ashburton House, which had been damaged by a fire during protests the night before....

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Internal policing a must for checks and balances

The Times of India 30 Jun 2020

By K Ramanujam. Chennai. In the poem ‘No man is an island’, John Donne poignantly penned. "Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind." These lines written 400 years ago in the midst a plague are apt for the present times, being an eerie portent of coronavirus deaths ... This did bring down the number of such instances ... City....

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We can't gather in song, but we must keep relationships and connections alive

The Advocate 27 Jun 2020

“All the Gold in California” by The Gatlin Brothers is the only song I can sing harmony to on my own. For some reason, on that song, and that song alone, I can sing tenor — and even though my efforts may sound poorly, doing so brings me great joy. I am not alone ... I was right ... Gatsnahos with the English poet John Donne, touch my soul ... Hold on to me ... ....

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Relationships: Living in close quarters during COVID-19 can be a challenge

East Bay Times 24 Jun 2020

Some of us have approached the collective quarantine of the last few months in a Jean-Paul Sartre “No Exit” kind of way — “Hell is other people” — or embraced a more John Donne “No Man Is an Island” philosophy. Most of us have probably been doing a little of both ... And singing and singing ... We’ve all coped somehow ... Connect with nature ... Answer. Yeah....

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Local churches set to ‘make noise’ for Juneteeth, George Floyd

The Kingstown Independent 17 Jun 2020

Bells are the “voice of the church,” poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow called them, and poet John Donne in his famous line from For Whom the Bell Tolls, writes “It tolls for thee.” ... It’s about death, racism and equality, said Pastor Fred Evenson of the Peace Dale Congregational Church ... John the Divine, First Church of God, St ... Francis of Assisi Church....

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Al Southwick: We need better police interaction, not less involvement

Worcester Telegram 10 Jun 2020

John Donne’s famed quotation about how we are all “involved with humanity” ......

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The Last Days

The Knoxville Focus 09 Jun 2020

During the London plague of 1624, English poet John Donne poignantly wrote, “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Hearing a tolling church bell from what he thought was his deathbed, Donne wondered whether the next bell would announce his own demise. Perhaps the original diagnosis was imprecise because Donne survived and his immortal words are still relevant....

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Sound the alarm

The Daily Journal 09 Jun 2020

Listen. A deafening cry for colorblind justice can be heard from every continent ... The impact of one man’s death on the world confirms what John Donne told us more than 400 years ago — that “no man is an island entire of itself.” That every man’s death diminishes the whole of humanity ... King, President John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy ... In our hearts ... ....