A Scott Bates poem about Mother Jones may be timely as we see the rise of a leftwing populism.
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Syria’s Massacre of the Innocents
Updating Herod’s slaughter of the innocents, Scott Bates imagines a soldier who takes a principled stand and refuses to participate.
Holly & Ivy Dance to the Music of the Moon
A Scott Bates version of the “Holly and Ivy” carol shows how multiple religious traditions blend seamlessly in Christmas rituals.
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Night before Christmas on the Moon
Scott Bates’s “The Night before Christmas on the Moon” delightfully sets Clement Moore’s beloved poem in a lunar landscape.
Move with the Wind, Sleep under the Snow
Here’s a non-Christmas tree poem by Scott Bates for friends of the environment.
A “Greatest Generation” Vet Reflects
World War II vet Scott Bates remembers the war far differently from the images we have of it–not as heroic but as “people surrounded by dying men.”
Quixote’s Battle for Imagination
In a short poem about about Sancho Panza and one of the windmills, Scott Bates describes Don Quixote’s sidekick as common sense reality robbing life of imagination.
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Here Comes Autumn, Her Skirts A-Twirl
Autumn kicks off this week–Friday by some calculations–so here’s a poem by Scott Bates to celebrate her coming.
