Articles by Jim Bates

Short

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.

Move slowly and quietly, and you may see something wonderful...

Land in NYC and almost anything could happen...

Not every step has to shake the world...

Hardship and pain affect us strongly, but the greatest difference in a life is made by love, and kindness...

Don't judge by the skin -- look at the heart instead...

Real love never ends...

Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications.

A summer under the great Montana sky...

If we don't handle it carefully and with respect, love can just slip through our hands...

Just show your heart...

Poem

"...She walks a shaded woodland path..."

"...He still made it look so darned easy..."

"...Listening to gulls calling Watching sandpipers running..."

"...More than a Christmas gift..."

"Fall was her favorite season..."

"...After all these years he still remembers her..."

"...Grandma and Grandpa and Auntie and Uncle gathered around..."

"...the service challenged his stamina..."

"...how they run with incredible intent..."

"...Holding the juicy goodness in his hand made him feel better..."

"...United in their love of the natural world..."

"...Driving the twisting roads of the Cascades..."

"...A three-meter board. nearly ten feet off the water..."

"...The old farmhouse a dream come true..."

"...Sometimes the kids would beg 'Can we get chocolate, Mom?'..."