Tag Archives: Mark Doty

Memorializing Gay Martyrs in Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: February 26, 2014

Uganda’s new anti-gay legislation reminds me of a Mark Doty poem about a Bangor, Maine killing 30 years ago.

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Our Dogs Ground Us in the Now

By Robin Bates | Published: April 3, 2013

As Mark Doty reminds us, our dogs recall us to ourselves.

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Inside These Wrappings, a Brighter Life

By Robin Bates | Published: December 26, 2010

Spiritual Sunday Yesterday we had a white Christmas in Sewanee, Tennessee, where I am visiting my parents.  The world was brown when we went to bed and white when we awoke.  The symbolism of Christmas snow lies in the promise of wiping everything clean and starting anew.  Grace appears to enter our fallen world. That’s […]

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