Monthly Archives: March 2021

Spring, a Conflagration of Green Fires

By Robin Bates | Published: March 21, 2021

To welcome in the spring, here’s a D. H. Lawrence poem, brought to you by the color green.

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Life and Death Make a Goodly Lent

By Robin Bates | Published: March 20, 2021

Christina Rossetti’s poem “Lent” is powerful in its simplicity.

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The Pit, the Pendulum, and Covid Relief

By Robin Bates | Published: March 18, 2021

If Covid has offered a choice between the pit and the pendulum, then the vaccines and the Covid relief bill have been the liberating French army.

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Austen’s Mixed Feelings about Gothics

By Robin Bates | Published: March 17, 2021

An exploration of Jane Austen’s mixed feelings about the gothic–and about lightweight lit.

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A Fiddler for St. Patrick’s Day

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2021

A jolly Yeats poem for St. Patrick’s Day.

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Song of Hope: The Night Cloud Is Hueing

By Robin Bates | Published: March 15, 2021

With the passage of the Covid relief bill and increased vaccinations, Hardy’s “Song for Hope” seems appropriate.

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Stronger in the Broken Places

By Robin Bates | Published: March 14, 2021

Joe Biden picked the perfect Hemingway quote for his Covid address to the nation.

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Come Down, O Christ, and Reach Thy Hand

By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2021

In Wilde’s poem “E Tenebris,” the speaker feels unable to reach up to God.

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WandaVision and Grendel’s Mother

By Robin Bates | Published: March 11, 2021

In which I compare Wanda from WandaVision with Grendel’s Mother. Who knew?

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