Tag Archives: "Fish"

Feeding This Feverish Plot

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2021

Mary Oliver’s “Fish” may be her interpretation of the post-Resurrection story of Jesus eating boiled fish.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 23, 2021

One can read Mary Oliver’s “The Fish” as a description of the eucharist–which is appropriate for today’s gospel reading about fishing for people.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 25, 2020

Two Mary Oliver fish poems complement well Christ’s invitation to become “fishers of people.”

By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2014

Elizabeth Bishop’s “The Fish” works as a powerful meditation on hope.