Category Archives: Art

TCS: SMOKE – All That Life Unseen / Under a Bare Sky

. . .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

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Occasionally, a poem by artist Florine Stettheimer

Today is Florine Stettheimer’s day of birth. Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944), American modernist painter, designer and poet; credited as the artist who painted the first feminist nude self-portrait; in the 1930s, she hosted a salon with her sisters that attracted members … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: ALCHEMIST

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There’s a wide spectrum of relationships between poets and readers. Some poets write with a searing clarity, and some write as if daring you to make any sense of their poems. Some write poems so personal … Continue reading

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A Poem for National Dog Day

Since today is National Dog Day, here’sa tribute to that All-American Dog, the Mutt. _________________________________________ To read David Baker’s poem, Mongrel Heart, click

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TCS: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name

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Word Cloud: SWELTERING

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading

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A Poem for International Orangutan Day

Both the endangered Bornean orangutan and the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan are in need of urgent help. Their habitats are being destroyed. For International Orangutan Day, the Orangutan Foundation posted a poem by one of their youngest supporters. ___________________________ To … Continue reading

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TCS: There Was a Voice Which Sang

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Word Cloud: CHRONICLER

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Mary Jo Salter is an American poet, essayist, playwright, lyricist and editor, born August 15, 1954,in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is a former editor at the Atlantic Monthly, poetry editor at the New Republic, and co-editor of the fourth … Continue reading

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A Poem for World Elephant Day

The question is, are we happy to supposethat our grandchildren may never be ableto see an elephant except in a picture book? – David Attenborough The elephant is the largest land animal on earth. There has been some form of … Continue reading

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