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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), was the most popular American poet of his day, and one of the first American celebrities who was also known in Europe. Though he was a very private man, who suffered greatly from neuralgia (nerve pain), his … Continue reading
To Go in the Dark With a Light
Wendell Berry (1934− ) American essayist, novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer. He was born in Henry County, Kentucky, the oldest of four children. Both his parents came from families that had farmed the area for at least five … Continue reading
Word Cloud: AIR
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD AIR — it’s all around us, but invisible unless combined with something else. We must have it to live, yet air becomes an alien environment the moment we lift off into it, separating from the Earth. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Air, Arthur Symons and Philip Appleman, Bashō and Inahata Teiko, Ben Okri and Emily Dickinson, Sharlot Mabridth Hall and Christina Rossetti, Shinkichi Takahashi, Simon Armitage and Jimmy Santiago Baca
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A Prose Poem in Honor of International Coffee Day
Ron Padgett (1942 – ) American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator. His first collection, a mix of poetry and prose called Bean Spasms, was written with Ted Berrigan, and published in 1972. Padgett has since produced over 20 collections of … Continue reading
TCS: So With My Neighbor I Rejoice – Good Neighbor Day
. . .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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Adélia Prado, Benjamin Franklin, Fred Rogers, Helen Dunmore, Robert Service, Rudyard Kipling, So With My Neighbor I Rejoice - Good Neighbor Day, TCS
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Word Cloud: EARTH
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen? When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example. The “basic four”— … Continue reading
A Poem by Irving Feldman on the Day After His Birthday
Yesterday, the power company turned off our electricity for most of the day in order to replace some equipment, and so I was unable to post this piece on the actual date of Irving Feldman’s birthday. But I’m taking the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem by Irving Feldman on the Day After His Birthday, American Poet, How Wonderful, Irving Feldman
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