Fr. Galdon made us memorize this poem, I guess he thought it the most beautiful of Hopkins’ works? When my husband saw me typing this, he tried to recall the poem because already then, he was my boyfriend and I would memorize it while he listened. Now he remembers more of it than I do. [...]
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Another poem by Hopkins: The Windhover
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Gerard Manley Hopkins’ Poetry
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When I was working at the Ateneo, I thought I should take the chance of enrolling in a class taught by Fr. Galdon, SJ. He was our retreat master in high school and we frequented mass at della Strada which he offered because of his homilies. I bought the Manila Chronicle to read his column, [...]