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A Poem for World Listening Day
“If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.” — Turkish Proverb “To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the ‘music,’ but to the essence of the person … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for World Listening Day, Amy Lowell, Osnat Tzadok, Peter Senge, World Listening Day
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Word Cloud: JUSTICE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m just an old ’60s peacenik, so I believe there is no true peace without justice. Yet what is Justice? To me, it means we all get a fair chance – everybody gets something, but nobody … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emmeline Pankhurst - Plato, Frederick Douglass - Coretta Scott King - Gloria Steinem, justice, Langston Hughes, Rudyard Kipling, Shushiki - Saint Augustine - Maya Angelou
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A Poem for Celebration of the Horse Day
Horses and humans have had a relationship for at least 5,000 years – it hasn’t always been a good one on our part, but there are few humans who can deny the attraction of their beauty and grace in motion. … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for Celebration of the Horse Day, Ada Limón, American Pharoah, Arabian horses, Horse Racing, Thoroughbred
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TCS: Today is My Husband’s Birthday
. . . 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 … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SUMMERFARE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Edward Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) was born on July 10th in London, England. In his youth, he was educated at London’s prestigious St Paul’s School. Gilbert Keith (G. K.) Chesterton was a fellow student, and became his best … Continue reading
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Tagged Clerihew, E.C. Bentley, Edward Clerihew Bentley, G.K. Chesterton, London, Sir Humphry Davy, Summerfare
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TCS: Election Anxiety in a Plague Year
. 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. _______________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Audre Lorde, Emily Dickinson - Susan B. Anthony - Henry Brooks Adams, John Greenleaf Whittier, Langston Hughes, Lin-Manuel Miranda, November 2020, Roald Dahl - Robert Green Ingersoll - Martin Luther King, TCS: Election Anxiety in a Plague Year
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My Only Ticket Out – Poems by Mitsuye Yamada
The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during WWII is a dark stain on United States history. There were people who spoke out against it even at the time, including First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, but the attack on Pearl Harbor … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Poetry, World War II
Tagged Japanese American Internment, Mitsuye Yamada, My Only Ticket Out
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A Poem for This Fourth of July
This 4th of July I don’t feel much like celebrating. The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is in trouble, more divided, more unequal, and certainly less free, than ever. In November, I do believe we … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States
Tagged A Poem for This Fourth of July, Immigrants in Our Own Land, Jimmy Santiago Baca
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Word Cloud: INDEPENDENCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Tomorrow is the 4th of July, the Independence Day of the United States of America. This will not be a Fourth as usual. Many of us will be spending it inside our homes, waiting for it … Continue reading
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Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, Alice Walker, Claude McKay, Fourth of July, Haki R. Madhubuti, Independence, Langston Hughes, Martin Espada, Tato Laviera
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A Poem for I Forgot Day
Billy Collins (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: Poems. It … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for I Forgot Day, Billy Collins, Forgetfulness, I Forgot Day
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