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Poetry in the Face of Disaster

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2023

Even poetry seems inadequate in the face of a disaster like the Turkish-Syrian earthquake. But poetry is what we have.

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Haitian Earthquake Redux

By Robin Bates | Published: August 18, 2021

No poet can do justice to a disaster such as befell Haiti this past week. Voltaire and Karl Shapiro, however, have works that operate as a response.

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Dorothy and the Oklahoma Earthquakes

By Robin Bates | Published: November 12, 2015

Oklahoma is now #1 in the world for number of earthquakes. “Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz” is also about a midwesterner encountering earthquakes for the first time.

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