Category Archives: Poetry

The Mall (an exercise in dactylic hexameter)

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Uncomely and Broken

To introduce my students to dactyls (-uu), I showed them a pair of famous examples in tetrameter: All the kings’ horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Picture yourself in a boat on a river withtangerine … Continue reading →

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RIP Stanley Crouch

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

Stanley Crouch came to speak at Sewanee in the mid-2000s as part of the “How Then Shall We Live?” series. Below is the author picture he sent. When I picked him up at the Nashville airport, he emerged from the … Continue reading →

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Oedipus at Colonus

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: LATN 403 Spr 20: Agricola chap. 30

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Antigone

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Bacchae

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Private: Myth Spr 20: Theseus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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“Et in Arcadia Ego” bench in Abbo’s Alley

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

Given by Friends and Classmate to Celebrate Our Friendship with Thomas Carleton Ward C ’69 August 3, 1947- June 30, 1997 Quick Bring a Beaker of Wine So That I May Wet My Mind And Say Something Clever From Mary … Continue reading →

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Abbo’s Alley & German POWS

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

That some of Abbo’s Alley was laid out during WWII by German POWs is something I’ve often heard, but seen little documentary evidence. Below is what I’ve found. New York Times July 1, 1984, Section 10, Page 25: To the Editor: Thanks very much … Continue reading →

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Domine ne in furore tuo arguas

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

These images are take from the recently-recovered Fauquier Book of Hours, on which my friend and colleague Greg Clark is an expert, as discussed in the video below. The scene illustrated is from Psalm 6, the opening of which is … Continue reading →

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