Monthly Archives: February 2018

Yet Mine It Was To Call

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2018

A lovely poem about John the Baptist by an obscure poet speaks up for those who serve in anonymity.

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NRA Uber Alles

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2018

Scott Bates “unloads” on the NRA in a poem which never goes out of date.

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The Joker (Trump) Takes Over America

By Robin Bates | Published: February 16, 2018

Rushdie compares Donald Trump to Joker in his latest novel.

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Leaders Who Make Their Own Reality

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2018

What to make of Trump’s non-stop lying? Rushdie in “Midnight’s Chidren” describes what happens when “reality quite literally cease[s] to exist.”

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Chaucer Invented St. Valentine’s Day

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2018

Chaucer may have invented St. Valentine’s Day as we have come to know it. “Parliament of Fowls” was written to celebrate the occasion, along with a royal wedding.

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Swift Predicted Trump’s Lies

By Robin Bates | Published: February 13, 2018

Swift anticipated Donald Trump in his essay on “Political Lying.”

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White House Assaulters & Goblin Market

By Robin Bates | Published: February 12, 2018

“Goblin Market” seems only to relevant these days given the violence against women incidents emerging from the White House.

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The Wind Is Awake (But Will You Stir?)

By Robin Bates | Published: February 11, 2018

John Burt’s poem “On the Will to Believe” sets us up nicely for Lent, a season when we wrestle with our doubts.

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Like Sula, Trump Unites Old Opponents

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2018

Trump has brought liberals and center-right Republicans together in a way resembling how Sula unites the town in Toni Morrison’s novel. So what will happen after Trump leaves the stage.

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