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Poets Talking Poetry over a Beer

By Robin Bates | Published: July 16, 2023

In this R.S. Thomas poem, two poets engage in the never-ending discussion of whether poetry is more craft or inspiration.

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The Ice Storm Cometh

By Robin Bates | Published: February 15, 2021

We’re currently undergoing a potentially severe ice storm. Here’s what Robert Frost has to say about ice storms.

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Scraping One’s Knees on Jacob’s Ladder

By Robin Bates | Published: July 18, 2020

Denise Levertov draws on the Jacob’s dream about a stairway to heaven to capture poetry’s transcendent qualities.

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Reading My Way to Adulthood

By Robin Bates | Published: February 8, 2018

As an adolescent, I used fantasy in an attempt to hold on to my childhood innocence and hated “Catcher in the Rye.” Little did I realize that Salinger’s novel describes my struggle.

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A Divine Stairway of Sharp Angles

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2014

Levertov uses to story of Jacob’s Ladder to describe the miracle of poetry.

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Disaster Ahead, No More Fantasizing

By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2013

Can the Tea Party move beyond fantasies and deal with the world as it really is? Shakespeare and Yeats weigh in.

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