Tag Archives: Pablo Neruda

The Poetry of Holy Bread

By Robin Bates | Published: June 10, 2023

I share a church talk on “The Poetry of Bread” where I shared poems by Levertov, Ungar, Neruda, Underhill, and others.

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The Tomato Sheds Its Own Light

By Robin Bates | Published: July 21, 2020

Neruda’s “Ode to Tomatoes” is a perfect poem for midsummer.

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Neruda: Let’s All Stop for a Moment

By Robin Bates | Published: April 12, 2020

In “Keeping Quiet,” Neruda offers us a powerful challenge in the face of the world’s horrors: what if the entire world were to observe a moment of stillness?

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The Always Overflowing Sea

By Robin Bates | Published: January 21, 2018

Neruda’s “Ode to the Sea” can also be an exploration of our relationship to God.

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Poetry & the Sea Liberate the Imprisoned

By Robin Bates | Published: February 8, 2017

For Pablo Neruda’s, the “poet’s obligation” is to speak for freedom–which makes poetry vital important in our time.

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The Thrill of Bird Watching

By Robin Bates | Published: August 31, 2013

Sports Saturday I don’t know if bird watching is a sport or not, but it’s the activity that my recently deceased father engaged in for exercise. Although from his childhood he was nearly blind in one eye and couldn’t look straight up without experiencing vertigo, he was an excellent birder and just needed the tiniest […]

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Rand Paul’s Misadventures with Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: April 12, 2013

Senator Rand Paul’s often may misapply poetry, but the poems he chooses tell us a lot about Rand Paul.

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Neruda and Ted Williams: A Fantasy

By Robin Bates | Published: September 4, 2010

Sports Saturday My colleague Israel Ruiz in our Spanish Department is an enthusiastic baseball fan. He is also Puerto Rican and I have learned a lot about the Puerto Rican love of baseball from him. For instance, did you know that Puerto Rico is second only to the Dominican Republic in providing active Latin American […]

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