Category Archives: Art

Poems for Tolkien Reading Day

Posted on March 25, 2020 by wordcloud9

Today is Tolkien Reading Day, started by the Tolkien Society in 2003. It is held annually on March 25, the day of the downfall of Sauron. In addition to writing The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tolkien … Continue reading →

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TCS: Some Rain Must Fall – Poems for World Meteorological Day

Posted on March 23, 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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Celebration: A Poem for World Poetry Day

Posted on March 21, 2020 by wordcloud9

Today is World Poetry Day. Denise Levertov (1923-1997) British-born American poet, known for her anti-Vietnam war poems in the 1960s and 1970s, which also included themes of destruction by greed, racism, and sexism. Her later poetry reflects her conversion to … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: MIDLIFE

Posted on March 20, 2020 by wordcloud9

reposted in honor of Women’s History Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I guess it’s human nature to try to make things fit, whether it’s putting on roof tiles, or papers we need to file, or sorting the animal kingdom into … Continue reading →

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TCS: Coping With Crisis – Lift Every Voice and Sing

Posted on March 16, 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. __________________________________ Lift … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: ACTIVIST

Posted on March 13, 2020 by wordcloud9

(reposted in honor of Women’s History Month) by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Ask two hundred people on the main streets across America to name American women poets — if they came up with anyone, almost certainly it would be Emily Dickinson, … Continue reading →

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TCS: No Magic Any More – Poems for Get Over It Day

Posted on March 9, 2020 by wordcloud9

. . 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 burninga hole in your brainpan, feel free to add … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: INCURSION

Posted on March 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

Originally published in 2016 – republished for Women’s History Month 2020 by Nona Blyth Cloud In an interview in the Kenyon Review in 2103,  the poet Solmaz Sharif  was asked: What have you learned about the writing process in the last … Continue reading →

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A Poem for Absinthe Day

Posted on March 5, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 5th is Absinthe Day. In 2013, Pernod Fils approved the label design for the return of their pre-ban Absinthe original recipe, and the first Absinthe Day was celebrated.  Absinthe gained quite an unsavory reputation in the late 19th and … Continue reading →

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TCS: Poems for Read Across America Day

Posted on March 2, 2020 by wordcloud9

. .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. … Continue reading →

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