Tag Archives: William Blake

Pantry Moths in the Howling Storm

By Robin Bates | Published: August 12, 2014

Faced with an infestation of pantry moths, my mind turned to Blake’s “The Sick Rose.”

By Robin Bates | Published: February 14, 2014

Blake’s “Clod and the Pebble” warn us to steer between two opposite dangers in our relationships.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2013

William Blake’s “Holy Thursday” poems challenges those members of Congress voting to cut food stamps.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2013

Pope Francis ! might well embrace the vision of love found in Blake’s “Divine Image.”

By Robin Bates | Published: August 21, 2013

As I read my dying father poems from Blake’s “Songs of Innocence,” I relived cherished memories.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 12, 2013

This Richard Wilbur poem has fun kidding the poet’s esoteric friend.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 28, 2013

This Scott Bates poem protesting aerial killing machines could apply to today’s drone program.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 15, 2013

A rainbow sighting led to a discussion about how humans often turn to nature for guiding metaphors.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 17, 2012

Blake captures the tragic clash between childhood innocence and worldly corruption that we witnessed in Sandy Hook.