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A Poem by Na Hye-Sok on Her Birthday
Na Hye-sok was born on April 28, 1896; pioneering Korean feminist, author, poet, journalist, and the first professional woman painter in Korea, who used the pseudonym Jeongwol. Her short story, Kyonghul (1918), about a woman’s self-discovery, is considered the first feminist … Continue reading
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A Poem by Cecil Day Lewis on His Birthday
Cecil Day Lewis born on April 27, 1904 in Ballintubbert, Ireland; British poet who was UK Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. His mother died when he was two years old, and he was brought up in London … Continue reading
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Red Silk and the Never-Ending Honeymoon
Good Morning! _______________________ Marriage is falling in love over and over again – always with the same person. _______________________ “So are you to my thoughts as food to life, Or as sweet-seasoned showers are to the ground.” – William Shakespeare, … Continue reading
A Poem by Louise Glück on Her Birthday
Louise Glück born on April 22, 1943, in New York City and grew up on Long Island; American poet and essayist; winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The Wild Iris; Library of Congress Special Bicentennial Consultant (2000-2002) and … Continue reading
Jazz
April 20, 2011 – International Jazz Day: declared by UNESCO, at the suggestion of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock, who chaired the first event in 2012, co-sponsored by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Yusef Komunyakaa (1947 – ) is a … Continue reading
TCS: To Live the Ways We Want to Live
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. _____________________________ “Black Poets … Continue reading
A Poem by Tracy K. Smith on Her Birthday
Tracy K. Smith was born on April 16, 1972, in Falmouth, Massachusetts, the youngest of five children. She grew up in Fairfield, California, but then headed East. She studied at Harvard, where she joined the Dark Room Collective, a reading … Continue reading
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Scrabble Day: Tense, Tenuous, and Tender
On April 13, 1899, Alfred Butts was born. He was an American architect, and the inventor of the board game Scrabble. On April 13, 1947, Rae Armantrout was born. She is an American poet, the winner of the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award, and of … Continue reading
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TCS: Time to Be Dazzled
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. _____________________________ The poet … Continue reading
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Today – a poem by Billy Collins
Billy Collins was born on March 22, 1941, dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, was a two-term U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003), and has published many poetry collections, including Questions About Angels; The Art of Drowning; and Nine Horses: … Continue reading
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