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China’s Steel Wall
by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “China’s leader Xi Jinping on Monday vowed to bolster national security and build the military into a “great wall of steel,” in the first speech of his precedent-breaking third term as president. Speaking at the closing … Continue reading
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Tagged China's Steel Wall, Irene Fowler, Xi Jinping
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Jerusalem by Naomi Shihab Nye
Naomi Shihab Nye was born in 1952 in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother; poet, songwriter, children’s author, novelist, and editor. In 1966, when she was 14, her family moved to the West Bank because … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Jerusalem, Middle East, Naomi Shihab Nye
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TCS: Music So Sweet It Makes the Air Remember
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 world … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Music So Sweet It Makes the Air Remember, Poets Born in March, TCS
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Women’s History Month: Citizen Ilhan Omar
by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor Yesterday was International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is #EmbraceEquity. “March is also Women’s History Month in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom and is a time to celebrate and recognize the amazing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States
Tagged #EmbraceEquity, Africa, Citizen Ilhan Omar, Irene Fowler, Somalia, Women's History Month
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TCS: Until Wings Break Into Fire
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. _____________________________ “I was gravely warned by … Continue reading
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Tagged Poets Born in March, TCS, Until Wings Break Into Fire
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The Road to Justice
by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “Justice grows out of recognition of ourselves in eachother…that my liberty depends on you being free too.”– Barack Obama___________ “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, … Continue reading
TCS: “This Unimportant Morning Something Goes Singing”
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. _____________________________ I do not believe in … Continue reading
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Tagged February and March Poets, This Unimportant Morning Something Goes Singing
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Waiting to Wait
by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.” – Khaled Hosseni – A Thousand Splendid Suns “Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on … Continue reading
TCS: Through All My Tears I Still Shall Laugh
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. _____________________________ “Survival is … Continue reading
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Tagged February Poets, TCS, Through All My Tears I Still Shall Laugh
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