“One could say that Hopkins practiced transubstantiation in every poem. By mysterious talent, he changed plain element into reality sublime. He encountered… — Margaret R. Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The Incarnation of Christ raised the energy of everything. And when Hopkins placed his conviction of this into poetry, he tended to… — Margaret R. Ellsberg Copy Share Image
“Friend who has fired the kingfishers and flamed the dragonflies – they catch your light however they move and beam it out… — Bryana Johnson Copy Share Image
“Gerard Manley Hopkins somewhere describes how he mesmerized a duck by drawing a line of chalk out in front of it. Think… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
