Tag Archives: Scott Bates

Dr. Watson Returns from Afghanistan

Dr. Watson is also a former Afghanistan War vet, with certain similarities to our own vets. The messy end of America’s involvement also recalls Kaye’s “Far Pavilions.”

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Bringing Back the Games of Yesteryear

My grandson is visiting, getting me to break out the old games my father loved.

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Built Out of Peasants & Pieces of Glass

An enjoyable Scott Bates poem about how phallic structures don’t last forever.

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Freed Like a Beached Whale

Our spirits have curiously been lifted by the freeing of the Ever Given. Various whale poems come to mind.

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Jesus and the Egyptian Gods

Jesus’s flight into Egypt resonates with the symbolism of multiple religions.

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I Never Saw a Sweeter Child

Dorothy Parker and Scott Bates have poems that see the nativity from the vantage point of commoners.

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Ms. Claus, Environmental Activist

Scott Bates’s Mrs. Santa Claus poems push environmental and peace themes. The next few posts consist of some of these poems.

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Citizen Kane and Trump’s Psychology

Scott Bates’s poem about Citizen Kane provides deep insight into autocrats like Donald Trump.

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If Jesus Were to Return

I suspect that certain Christians would vote for Trump over Jesus if the latter were to return. That’s the point made by this Scott Bates poem.

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