Good Friday In her poem “Good Friday,” Christina Rossetti laments that she responds to Christ’s death like a stone, not a faithful sheep. Why can’t she be like the women who wept at the foot of the cross, or Peter who wept for his betrayal, or the sun and the moon that hid their faces? […]

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Apples That Taste of Earth and Song

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2018

Apples bring out poetic creativity, all the more so because the West has seen them as the forbidden fruit. I share here a selection of tempting apple poems.

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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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Love Came Down at Christmas

By Robin Bates | Published: December 24, 2017

People ask for physical miracles so that they may believe. Christina Rossetti points out that Jesus gave us something far more miraculous: divine love.

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