Tag Archives: Scott Bates

A Golf Poem about Liberated Children

In protest against laboring children, Scott Bates imagines the letter “L” going on strike.

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Dream of Wild Horses

French poet Frédéric Mistral dreams of wild horses breaking free of civilization’s fetters.

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A Snake That Refused To Be Used

This Scott Bates looks at Pentecostal snake handlers from the snake’s point of view.

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Moments of Perfection in the Sun

Scott Bates’s “The Perfect Toad” may be a fable about peak experiences.

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Theological Clerihews – Heaven & Mirth

The clerihew form can wittily articulate major theological questions.

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America’s Avian Maestro, the Mockingbird

Tom Robbins and Scott Bates regard the mockingbird as an emblem for the consummate artist.

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The Day Rabbits Attacked Napoleon

In honor of upcoming Earth Day, I share a poem based on an actual incidents where hundred of rabbits released to be hunted by Napoleon turned on the emperor’s party and routed them.

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March Madness, Frisbees, and Spring

In this Scott Bates poem, the poetry of basketball is surpassed by the poetry of frisbee throwing.

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Singing the Miracle of New Birth

“As the robin singeth after rain,” so are we all singing after the birth of my first grandchild.

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