Two Scott Bates animal fables cast a skeptical eye on idealists seeking a transcendent truth.
Tag Archives: Scott Bates
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.
Transfixed by the Batted Blocked Clubbed Kicked and Clobbered Ball
This poem by Scott Bates is about the dream of sports as it contrasts with its often bloated reality.
A Fantasy about the Vatican and Condoms
The Pope’s endorsement of condoms to stop the spread of disease last November prompted the following light poem by Scott Bates.
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Rhinos and RINOs, Both Endangered
Rhinos are killed for their horns, which are falsely believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Knocking off RINOs, or Republicans in Name Only, is proving an intoxicating political sport of its own.
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Summer in the Glen
Scott Bates tells us that when we give ourselves over to the universe of which we are a part, then we escape the entrapment of self.
Queen of the Animals Quiz
In “Song for the Queen of the Animals,” Scott Bates celebrates the female life force while presenting the reader with a literary puzzle.
