Tag Archives: "Hollow Men"

Hearing the Celestial Voices

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2024

Two shepherd poems to mark the shepherd references in today’s lectionary.

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T.S. Eliot Meets Groundhog Day

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2024

If the groundhog sees its shadow today, will it fall into existential despair?–which is Eliot’s response to shadows in “The Waste Land.”

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Nikki Haley, a Minor Character in 1984

By Robin Bates | Published: January 1, 2024

Nikki Haley reminds one of Tom Parsons in “1984.” Also of one of T.S. Eliot’s hollow men.

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2020: Wandering between Two Worlds

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2020

A witty riff on a T. S. Eliot line and an illusion to a Matthew Arnold poem neatly capture the 2020 election results.

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Trump as Low-Rent Lear

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2020

I agree with George Will that Trump is like the narcissistic King Lear and his GOP enablers like T.S. Eliot’s Hollow Men

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The Thick Honey of This Good Life

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2019

Jane Hirshfield’s “Bees” explores how we find deep meaning in our lives–and why we sometimes opt for routine instead.

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Sen. Flake Is No Hamlet

By Robin Bates | Published: October 24, 2018

Comparisons of Sen. Flake to Hamlet over the Brett Kavanaugh is an insult to Hamlet.

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Will Hollow Senators Stand Up to Trump?

By Robin Bates | Published: June 29, 2018

If pro-choice Senate Republicans are like the hollow people described by Dante and T. S. Eliot, we can’t expect them to vote down an anti-abortion Supreme Court justice.

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GOP “Moderates,” the Hollow Men

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2017

Despite brave talk from a number of so-called Republican moderates, only Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins stood up to their party in an attempt to save healthcare. Time to read “The Hollow Men” again.

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