Tag Archives: Christina Rossetti

Rossetti and the 2nd Great Commandment

By Robin Bates | Published: May 17, 2025

One of Jesus’s last commands to his followers was to love each other. Christina Rossetti captures the beautiful message in the conclusion to “Goblin Market.”

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The Gift That Only You Can Give

By Robin Bates | Published: January 4, 2025

Like many Epiphany poems, Jan Richardson’s “For Those Who Have Far to Travel” focuses on the journey.

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To Survive Trump, Be Like Lizzie

By Robin Bates | Published: December 31, 2024

How to survive Trumpism’s anticipated assaults on democracy? Reading Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” is a good place to start.

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This Is the Time of Loves

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2024

As we are still in the Easter season, here’s a Christina Rossetti carol that captures the joy.

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Democracy under Assault? Stand Firm

By Robin Bates | Published: April 8, 2024

How to withstand Trump’s incessant assaults on democracy? Be like Lizzie in “Goblin Market.”

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The Perfect Sonnet for Mother’s Day

By Robin Bates | Published: May 11, 2023

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France and England’s Titanic Match

By Robin Bates | Published: December 11, 2022

To capture France-England’s titanic World Cup struggle, I turn to Ralph Ellison and Christina Rossetti.

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Why Cry for a Soul Set Free?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 23, 2022

Christina Rossetti’s “Let Me Go” guides those mourning a loved one and consoles those who are dying as well.

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Night Is Past and Lo It Is Day

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2022

Rossetti’s new year poem starts out weary but then turns to hope as she thinks of Christ coming.

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