Tag Archives: "Bird Watcher's Christmas Dinner"

Angels at Our Bird Feeders

By Robin Bates | Published: December 24, 2021

A Scott Bates Christmas poem about birds as ornaments–and angels–on bird feeder Christmas trees.

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Feeding Birds in the Bleak Midwinter

By Robin Bates | Published: December 23, 2019

Tuesday – Christmas Eve Over the past few cold and rainy days, chickadees, goldfinches, titmice, and nuthatches have been swarming out feeders, bringing to mind one of my father’s Christmas poems. I first posted it nine years ago. I excerpt a portion of previous post, only adding that (this in response to the allusion to […]

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Midwinter Transformation: A Poem

By Robin Bates | Published: December 16, 2010

A cold snap has hit the American east coast, including Maryland, and we are experiencing what Christina Rossetti calls “bleak midwinter,” with temperatures moving down into the teens. To cheer myself up, I turn to one of my father’s Christmas poems. My father has been writing these poems annually for years. He sends them out […]

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