Tag Archives: Whales

Moby Dick and Whales with a Grudge

By Robin Bates | Published: May 29, 2023

Orca boat attacks are causing me to rethink “Moby Dick.”

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Freed Like a Beached Whale

By Robin Bates | Published: March 29, 2021

Our spirits have curiously been lifted by the freeing of the Ever Given. Various whale poems come to mind.

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A Season for Miraculous Breakthroughs

By Robin Bates | Published: December 24, 2015

In this Scott Bates poem about Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 American-Soviet rescue operation that liberated three ice-bound gray whales, the possibility for international cooperation to save the planet is imagined. Were he still alive today, my father would be excited by the 2015 Paris climate accord.

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A Whale Poem to Lift the Spirits

By Robin Bates | Published: August 17, 2010

A Scott Bates whale poem to lift your spirits.

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Dazzled by Dreams of the Body

By Robin Bates | Published: May 2, 2010

Ten years ago my 21-year-old son died on the Sunday following Easter.  The coupling of the tragedy with the celebration of Christ’s resurrection makes my questioning of the religious observance all the more acute.  Do I really believe that Jesus rose from the dead?  Is there life after the death of our bodies?  Or if […]

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