Monthly Archives: July 2024

What the Shell Tells Us about Biden

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2024

Election anxieties from listening to a seashell. That and James Stephens’s poem “The Shell.”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 9, 2024

This William Meredith captures summer on the beach.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 8, 2024

Whittier’s poem “The Women Went from Dover foreshadows MAGA’s war on women.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 7, 2024

The danger of Trump’s Supreme Court is captured in Shelley’s poem “The Masque of Anarchy.”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 6, 2024

Guite traces an old oaken altar back to the tree out of which it was made, which also blessed the elements.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 4, 2024

Think of Biden as Beowulf facing the dragon at the end of his reign. And then think of how Wiglaf responds, which is to support him fully.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2024

America’s strength as always lain in its diversity, as Walt Whitman well knew. “I Sing America” is a great poem to read on July 4th.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2024

I announce my forthcoming book and contrast it with a similar book–“Dangerous Fictions”–coming out soon.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 1, 2024

Since the U.S. Supreme Court seems determined to restore monarchy (at least with regard to Trump), here’s a Shelley George III poem.