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A Poem for the International Day of Friendship
In 2011, the International Day of Friendship was declared by the UN General Assembly, to be celebrated on July 30, as part of its Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace: “Recognizing the relevance and importance of friendship as … Continue reading
Why We Oppose Votes for Men – a Poem from 1915
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) was born on July 28, 1874, in Staten Island, New York. She was an American poet, novelist, screenwriter, satirist, and feminist. The New York Tribune published a series of her wonderful satirical poems lambasting the objections … Continue reading
TCS: Roars and Silences – A Five-Poet Week
. 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
Summer – Blowing Night Through an Alto Sax
Saundra Rose Maley, American educator, poet, and writer. She teaches at Montgomery College in Maryland. Maley is the author of Solitary Apprenticeship: James Wright and German Poetry; co-editor with Anne Wright of A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright: co-author of The … Continue reading
Posted in Jazz, Poetry
Tagged First Blues, July, Saundra Rose Maley, Summer – Blowing Night Through an Alto Sax
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He Tells Her that the Earth is Flat
There are a growing number of people who give the same weight to opinions as they do to facts. And some of them can’t even see any difference between them. It’s disturbing, and dangerous, but also absurd, as Wendy Cope … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Poetry
Tagged Differences of Opinion, Fact vs Opinions, He Tells Her that the Earth is Flat, Wendy Cope
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TCS: To Honor Seneca Falls, Words That Could Only Be Written By Women
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ For I conclude that … Continue reading
A Poem by Mary Oliver
I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to adjust to “the new reality” – the struggle to get to a post-Covid19 world. Because the pandemic isn’t over, although a lot of people are trying to pretend that it … Continue reading
Dark Fins Appear – Two Poems for Shark Awareness Day
Shark Awareness Day falls on July 14th annually. Sharks are one of the oldest species on the planet, with fossil records showing they were cruising our oceans at least 420 million years ago. Modern-day sharks have been around for about … Continue reading
TCS: Pablo Neruda – In Shadow or Light
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. ______________________________ “We … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Gabriel García Márquez, In Shadow or Light, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, TCS
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A Fortress from Self Pity: June Jordan and Fannie Lou Hamer
June Jordan (1936-2002) was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents. She was a poet, essayist, teacher, feminist, civil rights activist, and self-identified Bisexual. While the students at most of the schools … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Mississippi, Poetry
Tagged A Fortress From Self Pity, Fannie Lou Hamer, June Jordan, Segregation, Voter Registration
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