Tag Archives: Scott Bates

Trump as Aesop’s Frog

By Robin Bates | Published: August 10, 2020

Aesop’s fable of the frog and the ox, versified by La Fontaine and Scott Bates, applies only too well to Donald Trump.

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An Early Advocate of Native Lives Matter

By Robin Bates | Published: July 16, 2020

A recent SCOTUS ruling in favor of Indian rights brings to mind a Scott Bates poem about Christian Priber, an early fighter for Indian autonomy.

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A Fable about Cancel Culture

By Robin Bates | Published: July 8, 2020

While the left doesn’t practice cancel culture to the degree that the right does, it is still a concern, as a recent open letter to “Harper’s” makes clear. So does this Scott Bates fable.

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Black Cat Fights for the Day He’ll Be Free

By Robin Bates | Published: July 2, 2020

Friday Attempts to demonize Black Lives Matter take me back to 1968, when the Black Panthers were similarly demonized. Their response to murderous cops was to arm themselves, which was the last time that Republicans supported significant gun control legislation. It also led to some shootouts and to the police assassination of Fred Hampton and […]

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Curl Up with a Good Book

By Robin Bates | Published: March 12, 2020

This Scott Bates poem celebrates curling up with a good book.

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Feeding Birds in the Bleak Midwinter

By Robin Bates | Published: December 23, 2019

Tuesday – Christmas Eve Over the past few cold and rainy days, chickadees, goldfinches, titmice, and nuthatches have been swarming out feeders, bringing to mind one of my father’s Christmas poems. I first posted it nine years ago. I excerpt a portion of previous post, only adding that (this in response to the allusion to […]

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