Tag Archives: optimism

A McEwan Passage to Raise Your Spirits

By Robin Bates | Published: June 8, 2023

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Shots That Signal a Promising Future

By Robin Bates | Published: April 7, 2021

I’ve just had my second Covid shot, which has me thinking of Alexander Hamilton’s shot in Miranda’s musical. Pip’s cautious optimism about the future also comes to mind.

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Finding Hope in Dark Times

By Robin Bates | Published: June 11, 2018

If you need to poem to give you hope as Donald Trump tries to blow up the world order, check out Muriel Rukeyser’s “I lived in the first century of world wars.”

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