Category Archives: Art

A Perfect Poem for Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day

Posted on July 1, 2020 by wordcloud9

When I was a kid, I used to think, ‘Man, if I could ever affordall the ice cream I want to eat, that’s as rich as I ever want to be. – Jimmy Dean Jack Prelutsky (1940 – ), American poet and … Continue reading →

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A Poem by Czeslaw Milosz in Honor of His Birth Day

Posted on June 30, 2020 by wordcloud9

Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) was born on June 30 in Šeteniai, Lithuania, the son of a Polish civil engineer, at a time of great upheaval. He became a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat, regarded as one of the great … Continue reading →

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TCS: Plague Year – There is a Light Somewhere

Posted on June 29, 2020 by wordcloud9

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 →

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Word Cloud: DISPLACED

Posted on June 26, 2020 by wordcloud9

First published in February 2017. Updated and reformatted.  by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Illegal Immigrants. Aliens. Refugees. Migrants. Slave Trafficking. Words, most of them ugly, which represent an explosion of desperation among the world’s most vulnerable peoples. There are 70.8 million … Continue reading →

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A Poem for International Fairy Day

Posted on June 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

Some topics just call out for “old-fashioned” poetry – the kind that rhymes, and tells a story. Fairies are right up there on that list of themes. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) – prolific English poet, and fiction author, best … Continue reading →

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TCS: Reading Poetry at Night in a Plague Year

Posted on June 22, 2020 by wordcloud9

. 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 →

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY

Posted on June 21, 2020 by wordcloud9

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Word Cloud: ESSENCE

Posted on June 19, 2020 by wordcloud9

Essence was originally posted in February 2017, for Black History Month.It seems timely to republish it during the ongoing national discussion ofRacism in America. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Essence – ‘the indispensable quality of something that determines its character’ – I … Continue reading →

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TCS: Insomnia in a Plague Year

Posted on June 15, 2020 by wordcloud9

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. __________________________________ “Sleep that … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SKIN

Posted on June 12, 2020 by wordcloud9

In light of the international conversation and protests about police abuse of peopleof color, I am republishing this Word Cloud, which was first posted in March, 2017. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Skin is the largest organ of the human body, … Continue reading →

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