Tag Archives: Seasons

March Has Come in Like a Liobam

By Robin Bates | Published: March 2, 2023

What do you have when March comes in as both a lion AND a lamb. Thanks to Margaret Atwood, we have liobams.

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August: The River Flames Like Brass

By Robin Bates | Published: July 31, 2022

Reese writes one of the very best poems about August.

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No Flowers, No Leaves, November

By Robin Bates | Published: November 7, 2021

An antidote to feeling gloomy in November is to embrace the gloom by reading gloomy November poems. I offer several here.

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Eternally Damned after Reading a Book

By Robin Bates | Published: June 23, 2021

In which I compare Austen’s Marianne and Willoughby to Dante’s Paulo and Francesca.

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Sumer Is i-Cumin In

By Robin Bates | Published: June 20, 2021

Nothing welcomes in the summer as well as this medieval lyric.

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Diving into May Flowers

By Robin Bates | Published: May 10, 2021

An Oliver poem and a Murdoch observation for the month of May.

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Our Annual Autumnal Striptease

By Robin Bates | Published: October 24, 2019

A Scott Bates poem about autumn’s annual striptease.

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When the World Is Mud-Luscious

By Robin Bates | Published: March 21, 2018

e. e. cummings ushers in spring with a joyous celebration.

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Fall, Season for Beautiful Depression

By Robin Bates | Published: November 15, 2017

Those suffering from depression will find a kindred spirit in this gorgeous St. Vincent Millay poem about autumn.

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