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Word Cloud: REQUIEM
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD When you write 60 to 70 profiles of poets a year, you read a lot of poetry. Searching for poems that make you want to read more is both joy and drudgery. Joy when you find something … Continue reading
Posted in California, Immigration, Memorial, Mexico, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Chicano-Latino, Francisco X. Alarcón, Homosexuality, Requiem
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Dragonfly Dance
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, 1644 – 1694): Crimson pepper pod add two pairs of wings, and look darting dragonfly. Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶?, 1763 – 1828) The dragonfly! Distant mountains reflected in his eyes. by unknown poets: Meeting in flight, how … Continue reading
Posted in Japan, Poetry, Short Video
Tagged Dragonflies, Dragonfly Dance, Haiku, Kobayashi Issa, Matsuo Bashō
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The Delight of Butterflies
“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” – John Keats, in a love letter to Fanny … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry
Tagged Butterflies, Jacques Offenbach, John Keats, Tales of Hoffman, The Delight of Butterflies, Video
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“It’s Not the End of the World at All”
“It’s not the end of the world at all,” he said. “It’s only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan’t be in it. I dare say it will get along all right … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: June 29, 2016
June 29th is: Camera Day Hug Day Almond Buttercrunch Day Waffle Iron Day International Mud Day National Holidays from Around the World Switzerland – Feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul Italy – Feasts of St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Holidays, NASA, On This Day, Photography
Tagged Frederick Treves, Hug Day, Jacques Cartier, Vincent Van Gogh, William Shakespeare
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The Coffee Shop – Gertie’s First Week At Home (video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Christine Amorose: —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” … Continue reading
First Read of a Literary Blockbuster
The worst years of the Great Depression were 1932 and 1933. In 1932, the Gross National Product fell a record 13.4% and unemployment rose to 23.6%. FDR was elected in 1932, and took office in March 1933. He worked … Continue reading
The Coffee Shop: Remembering Route 66
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Arizona, Music, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Grand Canyon, Hassayampa River, Nelson Riddle, Petrified Forest, Remembering Route 66
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First Read of An American Classic
Today is the 68th anniversary of the first publication of one of the most famous short stories in America. Some works of fiction take time to find their audience. Shirley Jackson’s now-classic short story, “The Lottery,” was first published in … Continue reading
Posted in Literature
Tagged First Read of An American Classic, Shirley Jackson, The Lottery, The New Yorker
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