Tag Archives: Spirituality

Palms before My Feet

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2013

This Chesterton poems recounts Palm Sunday from the donkey’s point of view.

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Fleeing God (a.k.a. the Hound of Heaven)

By Robin Bates | Published: March 17, 2013

Francis Thompson’s huanting “Hound of Heaven” captures the fears who of those who think of themselves as unworthy of love.

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My Grandson, a “Best Philosopher”

By Robin Bates | Published: March 1, 2013

Having grandchildren has changed my perspective on Wordsworth’s “Intimations of Immortality.”

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First Snowfall, A Moment of Grace

By Robin Bates | Published: January 27, 2013

For Mary Oliver, the season’s first snow fall raises existential questions and then answers them in its own way.

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Uncontrollable Mystery on the Bestial Floor

By Robin Bates | Published: January 6, 2013

A Yeats poem about the Magi helps us transition out of Christmas and back into our work lives.

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Love Saith, “Be with Me Where I Am”

By Robin Bates | Published: December 16, 2012

A Christina Rossetti poem about the massacre of the innocents looks for solace for such tragedies in Christ’s love.

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I Carry You in Me Like an Embryo

By Robin Bates | Published: December 9, 2012

Marge Piercy’s mother died during Hanukkah and the poet uses the season to reflect upon their contentious relationship.

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I Grasp God’s Garment in the Void

By Robin Bates | Published: November 25, 2012

For Denise Levertov, poetry and prayer run on parallel tracks.

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Haunted by the Absent Music

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2012

“The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” episode in “Wind in the Willows” is a powerful expression of pantheism.

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