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To the New Year
W. S. Merwin (1927–2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many translations. In the 1980s and 1990s, his writing influence derived from an interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. … Continue reading
The Coming New Year
by Irene Fowler, Correspondent To read Irene’s new poem “The Coming New Year” click:
Posted in Poetry
Tagged 2022, Global Crisis, Irene Fowler, The Coming New Year
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TCS: A Third Act at New Years
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.____________________________ Experience is the only … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop, United States
Tagged 2022, A Third Act at New Years, Alphonse de Lamartine, Global pandemic, Nona Blyth Cloud
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Joan Didion 1934-2021
Joan Didion, author of Play It as It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem, journalist, short story writer, and screenwriter, died yesterday after years of battling Parkinson’s disease. She was 87 years old.
Holidays
However and whatever you celebrate in December, may it bring you and yours much joy and all good things. I offer these two poems for those who may be looking for some “all is calm.” To read “Holidays” and “Another … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged Another Kind of Christmas, December, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nona Blyth Cloud
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The World at Midnight
by IRENE FOWLER, Correspondent I’m delighted that Irene has a new poem to share, and asked me to include this greeting: To read Irene’s poem “The World at Midnight” click:
TCS: Not Burning the Clocks
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 Brighton-Hove-UK, Burning the Clocks, Graham Carter, Naomi Shihab Nye, Same Sky, TCS: Not Burning the Clocks, Winter Solstice
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A Poem by George Santayana on His Birthday
George Santayana (1863-1952) was born in Spain as Jorge Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás; American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. His mother had promised her first husband, an American, that their children would be raised in the U.S., and took … Continue reading
TCS: The Frost-Fires Kindle – Winter Poems
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 Holidays, Poetry, The Coffee Shop, Winter
Tagged December, I heard a bird sing in the dark of December, TCS, The Frost-Fires Kindle - Winter Poems
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