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Word Cloud: SENSATION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Overnight sensation” – the star who bursts on the scene, seemingly out of nowhere, so often is someone who has labored unappreciated at their craft for years. At the end of the 20th century, Australian poetry was … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Aristophanes, Basho, David Malouf, Dorothy Porter, LQBT literature, Sensation, The Monkey's Mask
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Dvořák and the Dumka
Antonin Dvořák was born on September 8, 1841, in a village near Prague. His Bohemian heritage strongly influenced his music. The word “dumka” means “thought” in Ukranian. As a musical term, it refers to the patterns of Slavic epic ballads, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry
Tagged Antonín Dvořák, B H Fairchild, Bohemian, The Dumka, Ukranian
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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun — Part 5
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Short Video, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Bertie Gregory, British Columbia, Nat Geo, Sea Otters, Vancouver Island, Wildlife Photography
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Word Cloud: RESISTANCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In 1895, Japan was at war with China for supremacy over Korea, which was China’s most important client state. Japan wanted access to Korea’s coal and iron, and to use it as a buffer zone to prevent Chinese or Russian … Continue reading
Flowers For Socrates, From Aleppo
by Nicole Plyler Fisk I’m honored to be a contributing writer to this blog (thanks, Chuck, for the invite). For my first piece, I thought that something with flowers would be appropriate, so I’m adapting a diary I posted, originally, … Continue reading
Posted in France, Heroism, KIndness, Short Video, Syria, Terrorism
Tagged Abu Wad, Aleppo, Father of the Flowers
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The Pony Express in Prose and Poetry
____________________________________________________________ On April 3, 1860, a mail pouch containing 49 letters, five telegrams and miscellaneous papers was handed to a young rider in St. Joseph, Missouri. Amid great fanfare, a cannon was fired, and that first unnamed Pony Express rider … Continue reading
A Poem for National Dog Day
Since today is National Dog Day, here’s a tribute to that All-American Dog, the Mutt. ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Mongrel Heart by David Baker Up the dog bounds to the window, baying like a basset his doleful, tearing sounds from the … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Poetry
Tagged David Baker, Mongrel Heart, Mongrels and Mutts, National Dog Day
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Word Cloud: TRANSLATION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Nobel award committee’s citation called her the “Mozart of poetry,” a woman who mixed the elegance of language with “the fury of Beethoven.” Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Nobel … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Poland, Word Cloud
Tagged Advice on Poetry, Nobel Prize for Literature, Refugees, Some People, Translation, Wislawa Szymborska
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Coffee Shop: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 3
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– In an open thread, there’s no hard and fast rule about staying on topic, especially if you have a personal story burning a hole … Continue reading
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Flowers For Socrates 