Category Archives: Art

TCS When Time is All We Have: Short-ish Love Poems

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.____________________________ “Love does not consist in … Continue reading

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The Lady Street Walker

by Irene Fowler, Contributor From Irene: I decided to write a poem, hoping to shed some light on the plight of those who through desperation, despair or coercion, are living a life on the edges of society. Not wishing to … Continue reading

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TCS: Poems – What to Eat If No Dreams Arrive

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. ____________________________ “For … Continue reading

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A Big World

by Irene Fowler, Contributor To read another wonderful new poem from Irene, click:

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The Force of Life

by Irene Fowler, Contributor A new poem for the new year.

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TCS: There’s a Thread You Follow. It Goes Among Things that Change.

                    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 … Continue reading

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TCS: Reaching Toward Another – A Stranger Singing

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. ____________________________ “Everyone … Continue reading

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TCS: Above All Shadows Rides the Sun

 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.____________________________ “We have a long way … Continue reading

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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

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The Coming New Year

by Irene Fowler, Correspondent To read Irene’s new poem “The Coming New Year” click:

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