In which apply a line from T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” to this very blog and suddenly understand the project in a new way.
Author Archives: Robin Bates
Blog Fragments Shored against My Ruins
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Memories of Being Read To
This Scott Bates Christmas poem celebrates reading together before an open fire. Many of the children’s classics I grew up with, it so happens, have an environmental theme.
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Meek and Mild Mary? Think Again
Mary is more eager and diligent risk-taker than a meek and mild maiden, according to Levertov, C.S. Lewis, and Christopher Bryan.
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An Owl Poem for Winter Solstice
A Mary Oliver owl poem to celebrate the winter solstice.
The Green Knight and Plague Fears
The message of the Green Knight: love nature, love your bodies, and love life. People who don’t are often driven by their fear of life’s transience.
Trump as Long John Silver
Trump has mercurial escape powers similar to those of Long John Silver in Stevenson’s novels. There a sliver of optimism in this comparison.
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