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Reaching the Turrets

I just received my copy of The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems, a book of poetry published in 1954 by Jenny Lind Porter, my favorite teacher at Huston Tillotson University in Austin, Texas.  It was...

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The Lantern of Diogenes

Diogenes I’ve been studying Dr. Jenny Lind Porter-Scott’s poem The Lantern of Diogenes, published in her book of the same name[1]. The text follows: The Lantern of Diogenes All maturation has a root in...

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The Worm of Doubt

I was feeling impatient today about the slow progress of the Delirium Early Detection and Prevention Project. I picked up The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems by Jenny Lind Porter and found a couple...

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The Role of the Spirit in Medicine and Psychiatry: “Poor Am I Now Indeed…”

Forget Greek I sometimes try to channel my old college teacher, Dr. Jenny Lind Porter, who has been the subject of past Blog posts here, most of them in January of 2011. The best source has been a...

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Why is it, Master…?

I remember my favorite teacher from eons ago, her wisdom and strength. Dr. Porter wrote a book of poems entitled “The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems” published in 1954 and of them is below [1]....

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When I Believe That Life Can Never Hold….

Every once in a great while, I hear a former student say he or she is trying to “channel” a favorite teacher, usually when the days are a chore to get through or a major challenge to professional...

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I Go to Church Within My Heart

Today the selection from The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems by my former teacher, Dr. Jenny Lind Porter, is “I Go to Church Within My Heart [1].” I Go to Church Within My Heart I go to church...

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Thanksgiving

Today the selection from Dr. Jenny Lind Porter’s The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems is “Thanksgiving” [1]. Thanksgiving I thank Thee for the cruel blows of pain That drove me back to harmony and...

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This Little Light of Mine

This song, “This Little Light of Mine” I mentioned in a post about the Lantern of Diogenes (see shortlink http://wp.me/p1glcu-2y).  It was inspired, in part, by my mentor’s book, The Lantern of...

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“In the Beginning, When Green Came On the Pasture….”

Today, the selection from Dr. Jenny Lind  Porter’s “The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems” is one that could be about the loss of innocence [1]. In the Beginning, When Green Came On the Pasture…. In...

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“I Put My Hand to a Harp”

Today’s selection from Jenny Lind Porter’s book The Lantern of Diogenes and Other Poems, is “I Put My Hand to a Harp”. I Put My Hand to a Harp I put my hand to a harp and played: The blood sprang...

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