Tag Archives: love

For the Final, We Shall Be Tested on Love

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2016

Thomas Centolella applies the language of testing to love in this witty and moving poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2015

Both “Doctor Faustus” and “King Lear” teach us the silver lining in adversity, “Faustus” in a negative way, “Lear” in a positive.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2015

My wife’s beautiful name becomes synonymous with longing in both a Robert Herrick and a John Lennon lyric.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 30, 2014

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18–Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day–can be read as a power move.

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By Robin Bates | Published: June 15, 2014

In this poem about his father, Li-Young Lee remembers a tender moment that has led to his own tenderness as an adult.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 8, 2014

On this, the day of my wedding anniversary, I send to my wife an e. e. cummings poem.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 26, 2013

For my mother’s birthday, I post a love poem written to her by my late father 67 years ago.

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By Robin Bates | Published: February 17, 2013

Toni Morrison expands St. Paul’s vision of love to include erotic love.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2013

Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” is the perfect play for Valentine’s Day.