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A Poem for Walking the Dog Day
Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) was an American poet. In 1978, he won the National Book Award for Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the Bollingen Prize for his collection, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov. Nemerov served as poetry consultant to … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for Walking the Dog Day, Academy of American Poets, Bollingen Prize, Howard Nemerov, National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
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ON THIS DAY: February 22, 2020
February 22nd is Cook a Sweet Potato Day Washington’s Birthday National Margarita Day Walking the Dog Day World Thinking Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Frazier Baker, Willa Chapell and Frank Peterson Jr, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Frank Peterson Jr, Frazier Baker, John Langalibalele Dube, Meridal LeSueur, Thillaiaadi Valliammai, Willa Brown Chapell, Zitkala-Sha
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Word Cloud: TRANSFORMATION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD What’s in a name? Names are a symbol for who we are, but sometimes a birth name can feel like a once-warm coat we’ve outgrown: a little shabby, and tight in all the wrong places. So … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Black History Month, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange, Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, Transformation, Yusef Komunyakaa
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ON THIS DAY: February 20, 2020
February 20th is Cherry Pie Day Handcuff Day * Love Your Pet Day World Day of Social Justice * ____________________________________ MORE! Nancy Wilson, Sidney Poitier and Rihanna, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Angelina Grimké Weld, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Governor William G. Brownlow, Jimmy Yancey, Nancy Wilson, Rihanna, Sidney Poitier
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ON THIS DAY: February 19, 2020
February 19th is Chocolate Mint Day Iwo Jima Day * Vet Girls Rock Day * _______________________________________ MORE! W.E.B Du Bois, Bebe Campbell and John Singleton, click
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Tagged Amy Tan, Bebe Moore Campbell, Betty Friedan, John Singleton, Lugenia Burns Hope, The Tuskegee Airmen, W.E.B. Du Bois
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A Poem for Pluto Day
Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth’s. – Alan Stern, American planetary scientist On February 18, 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Poetry
Tagged Alan Stern, Clyde Tombaugh, Maggie Dietz, Pluto, Venetia Burney
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ON THIS DAY: February 18, 2020
February 18th is (U.S.) Presidents Day Crab Stuffed Flounder Day Battery Day * National Drink Wine Day Pluto Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Toni Morrison, Ray Charles and Audre Lorde, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Audre Lorde, Mary Amdur, Nana Amba Eyiaba I, Nasīr al-Dīn Tusī, Ray Charles, Toni Morrison, Wallace Stegner
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TCS: Protein Dancing – Poems for Public Science 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
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Tagged Alan R. Shapiro, Maria Mitchell, National Public Science Day, Philip Appleman, Richard Feynman, Shohini Ghose, Sonali Mohapatra, TCS: Protein Dancing - Poems for Public Science Day
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