Monthly Archives: September 2013

Running at Twilight

By Robin Bates | Published: September 21, 2013

Here’s a poem for anyone who has experience the ecstasy of running at twilight.

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Life Is Bigger Than Flesh

By Robin Bates | Published: September 20, 2013

Wendell Berry’s “Testament” can console those who have lost loved ones.

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The Killer Always Comes Back

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2013

This Scott Bates poem explores the dark side of those Americans that are drawn to guns and gun violence.

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Beagles, a Wellspring of Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: September 18, 2013

Two dogs we were keeping recently ran off, triggering a flood of anxiety and poetry.

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Swift and Food Stamp Cuts

By Robin Bates | Published: September 17, 2013

What would Jonathan Swift say to GOP radicals who seek to cut food stamps.

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Lit’s Ten Most Sensitive Guys

By Robin Bates | Published: September 16, 2013

To match my 10 strongest literary women characters, here are my 10 most sensitive male characters.

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I Have Found My Sheep that Was Lost

By Robin Bates | Published: September 15, 2013

Dickens draws on the parable of the lost sheep in shaping “David Copperfield.”

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Manziel: Whom the Gods Would Destroy…

By Robin Bates | Published: September 14, 2013

Johnny Manziel has “Greek tragic hero” written all over him.

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In Praise of Irreverent Squirrels

By Robin Bates | Published: September 13, 2013

This Scott Bates poem about autumn also captures his irreverence for authority.

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