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TCS: The Dog Trots Freely – Poems for National Mutt Day
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Tagged Dorothy Parker, Judith Viorst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Linda Pastan, Mark Twain, Robert Service, TCS, The Dog Trots Freely - Poems for National Mutt Day
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Word Cloud: STORYTELLERS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Friday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Native American Heritage Day by Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush, but to many Americans, it is ‘Black Friday’ the unofficial start to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Endrezze, Joseph Bruchac, Joy Harjo, Kimberly Blazer, National Native American Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Day, Sheridan MacKnight
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TCS: A Hat of Wind – Poems for World Hat Day
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Word Cloud: WINDIGO
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Louise Erdrich (1954 – ) grew up in North Dakota, where her Chippewa mother and German-American father taught at a boarding school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She describes the land as a place where the “earth and sky touch … Continue reading
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Tagged Chippewa, Indian Boarding School, Louise Erdrich, National Native American Heritage Month, Turtle Mountain Reservation, Wahpeton ND, Windigo
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TCS: Inexplicable – Poems for National Occult Day
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Tagged Dacha Avelin, Dilys Bennett Liang, Inexplicable - Poems for National Occult Day, Joyce Carol Oates, Maurice Kilwein Guevara, Susan Ludvigson, TCS
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Word Cloud: HEARTBEAT
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Heartbeat. The drum of human life. No matter who we are, where we were born, or how we live, it is the rhythm of each of our lives. The Native American women poets who are today’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Elise Paschen, Heartbeat, Joy Harjo, Margo Tamez, National Native American Heritage Month, Ofelia Zepeda
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TCS: Braver Still – Poems for Veterans Day, 2019
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Tagged Amorak Huey, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Joy Harjo, Natalie Diaz, Robert Frost, TCS - Braver Still - Poems for Veterans Day, Winifred M. Letts, Yusef Komunyakaa
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Word Cloud: CEREMONIES
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This week, I’m showcasing poets from different tribal backgrounds in honor of Native American Heritage Month in the U.S.. Alienation is a common theme in the work of Native Americans, who frequently begin life speaking their … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian C. Louis, Ceremonies, Edward S. Curtis, Leslie Marmon Silko, Natalie Diaz, Native American Heritage Month, Simon J. Ortiz
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TCS: We Have Howled for It – Poetry by Women Who Don’t Write Like Men
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Tagged Aphra Behn and Carolyn Kizer, Audre Lorde and Meena Alexander, Emily Dickinson and Amy Newman, Marie Ponsot and Dorothy Parker, Nikita Gill and June Jordan, Poetry by Women Who Don’t Write Like Men, THC: We Have Howled for It
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Word Cloud: NOVEMBER
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD November. Depending on where you live, it’s still autumn, or already winter, or spring-into-summer if you’re south of the equator. Here in America, we’re going off Daylight Savings Time this weekend, and it will get dark … Continue reading
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Tagged Denise Levertov, Dorothy Parker, Emily Dickinson, Hone Tuwhare, Lola Ridge, Maggie Dietz, November, Rita Dove, Tomas Tranströmer
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