Tag Archives: "Minniver Cheevy"

Poetic Excuses for Losing at Tennis

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2013

Between the motion and the act of my tennis game falls the shadow. Translation: too much thinking.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Hollow Men", "Minniver Cheevy", E. A. Robinson, Hamlet, Marshall McLuhan, Sports, T. S. Eliot, tennis, William Gladwell, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Poetry in a Time of Mourning

By Robin Bates | Published: October 5, 2012

Poetry by E. A. Robinson and Edna St. Vincent Millay played a key role in my cousin’s memorial service.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "I burn my candle at both ends", "L'Envoi", "Luke Havergal", "Minniver Cheevy", Ballad of the Beanetown Bosox, Daniel Bates, death and dying, E. A. Robinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay | Comments closed