This Scott Bates looks at Pentecostal snake handlers from the snake’s point of view.
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A Snake That Refused To Be Used
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Moments of Perfection in the Sun
Scott Bates’s “The Perfect Toad” may be a fable about peak experiences.
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.
Singing the Miracle of New Birth
“As the robin singeth after rain,” so are we all singing after the birth of my first grandchild.
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.