Monthly Archives: October 2013

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

By Robin Bates | Published: October 13, 2013

Gerard Manley Hopkins tells us how to access the god within ourselves.

The Day Romo Flirted with the Sun

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2013

How Tony Romo is like Icarus.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Edward Field, Football, Icarus, Sports, Tony Romo | Comments closed

Haikus for Economic Crisis

By Robin Bates | Published: October 11, 2013

Haikus on shutting the government and breaching the debt ceiling.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Debt Ceiling crisis, Economics, Steven Ziliak | Comments closed

A Plague on BOTH Houses? No, Only One

By Robin Bates | Published: October 10, 2013

“A plague on both your houses” doesn’t work for Mercutio or for citizens today.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged GOP, Government shutdown, politics, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Government Shutdown? Call in the Bard

By Robin Bates | Published: October 9, 2013

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” offers a wish fulfillment that we can apply to the government shutdown.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged As You Like It, GOP, Government shutdown, politics, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

When Hostage Taking Backfires

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2013

The GOP hostage takers resemble the Light Brigade, as well as the kidnappers in “Ransom of Red Chief,” “Fargo,” and “Ruthless People.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Charge of the Light Brigade", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Fargo, GOP, governmental shutdown, O'Henry, politics, Ransom of Red Chief, Ruthless People | Comments closed

The Worst Poem Ever Published?

By Robin Bates | Published: October 7, 2013

The worst poem ever published may be William McGonagall’s “The Tay Bridge Disaster.”

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Tay Bridge Disaster", Alexander Pope, bad poetry, John Dryden, Richard Blackmore, William Topaz McGonagall | Comments closed

The Song of Night’s Sweet Bird

By Robin Bates | Published: October 6, 2013

Shelley’s elegy to Keats, “Adonais,” gives us a rich vision of our relationship with death.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Ode to a Nightingale", Adonais, death and dying, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley | Comments closed

OMG, a Yankee-less Postseason!

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2013

Something feels wrong about no Yankee team in the postseason. Time to reminisce with a Marianne Moore poem.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged "Baseball and Writing", Baseball, Marianne Moore, Sports, Yankees | Comments closed

Monthly Archives: October 2013

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

The Day Romo Flirted with the Sun

Haikus for Economic Crisis

A Plague on BOTH Houses? No, Only One

Government Shutdown? Call in the Bard

When Hostage Taking Backfires

The Worst Poem Ever Published?

The Song of Night’s Sweet Bird

OMG, a Yankee-less Postseason!

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