Tag Archives: Scott Bates

Jesus as Refugee

Two poems that focus on Jesus as a refugee: Scott Bates’s “Witness” and Malcolm Guite’s “Refugee.”

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The Annual Maple Dance

Scott Bates’s “Maple Dance” never gets old.

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The Ballad of Bathtub Gin

In this parody of Kipling’s “Gunga Din,” Scott Bates sings of bathtub gin.

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A Poem Describing Literature Lovers

In “The Retiring Candle,” Scott Bates says it’s okay to hide your light under a bushel–as long as you have a good book, that is.

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Fable of the Third Christmas Camel

In this wonderful Epiphany fable by my father, a camel leaves the three magi to live the live envisioned in what they found in Bethlehem.

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Angels at Our Bird Feeders

A Scott Bates Christmas poem about birds as ornaments–and angels–on bird feeder Christmas trees.

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Our Christmases Always Involved Books

Growing up, our Christmases were always filled with books. This Scott Bates poem captures the spirit.

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Manchin Delivers a Lump of Coal

Two Scott Bates environmental Christmas poems are helping me cope with depression over the failure of the Build Back Better bill.

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A Lion Judges Nature-Destroying Humans

Three mountain lion poems see the animal judging us for what we are doing to the environment.

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