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Word Cloud: WRATH (Revised and Revisited)
by Nona Blyth Cloud There are some poets who have a universal appeal, whose hauntingly beautiful words we turn to again and again for succor and an uplifting of spirit. Then there’s Diane Wakoski. “This book is dedicated to all … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dancing on the Grave of a Son of a Bitch, Diane Wakoski, The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems, Wrath
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ON THIS DAY: August 14, 2019
August 14th is Navajo Code Talkers Day * World Lizard Day Creamsicle Day National V-J Day * Social Security Act Day * W0rld Calligraphy Day _______________________________________ MORE! Gisela Richter, Max Klein and Halle Berry, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Doc Holliday, Ethel Payne, Gisela Richter, Halle Berry, John Galsworthy, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Max Klein
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ON THIS DAY: August 12, 2019
August 12th is International Youth Day * World Elephant Day * Julienne Fries Day Middle Child Day Vinyl Record Day * Personal Computer Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Gladys Bentley, Fatima Meer and Robin Williams, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abraham Zacuto, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Fatima Meer, George W. Bellows, Gladys Bentley, Radcliffe Hall, Robin Williams
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TCS: This Wonder of an Elephant – Poems for World Elephant Day
. Good Morning! __________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. __________________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged D.H. Lawrence, David Attenborough, Hilaire Belloc, John Godfrey Saxe and Rumi, Sarah Lindsay and Patti Masterson, Susan Kinsolving, TCS - This Wonder of an Elephant, World Elephant Day
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ON THIS DAY: August 11, 2019
August 11th is Ingersoll Day * Daughter and Son Day Play in the Sand Day Presidential Joke Day * Raspberry Bombe Day ________________________________________ MORE! Louise Bogan, Alex Haley and Hadiqa Kiani, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alex Haley, Gifford Pinchot, Hadiqa Kiani, Lillian Nakate, Louise Bogan, Robert G. Ingersoll, Viola Davis
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ON THIS DAY: August 10, 2019
August 10th is International Biodiesel Day National S’Mores Day National Lazy Day Skyscraper Appreciation Day * Smithsonian Charter Day * World Lion Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Rica Erickson, Leo Fender and Perween Warsi, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anna Haywood Cooper, Leo Fender, Margaret Morgan Lawrence, Michael Phelps, Perween Warsi, Rica Erickson, William Van Alen
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WORD CLOUD: Afterimage (Redux)
Given the increasingly divisive rhetoric with which we are being bombarded in the U.S., and the resultant racial tension, mass shootings and other violence it inspires, I am reprising this profile of Audre Lorde, a writer whose work I find … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Afterimages, Audre Lorde, Black Dragonfish, Cancer, Homophobia, police murder, Racism, Sexism
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