Category Archives: Poetry

Tulips: A Celebration of Beauty

Posted on September 22, 2022 by wordcloud9

by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “Shiny new tulip beds of different shapes and dyes, bending beneath the invisible west-wind’s sighs.” – Thomas Moore “Here are the tulips, budded and full-blown, their swoops and dips, their gloss, and poses, the satin of their darks.” … Continue reading →

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TCS: What You Must Hold to Your Heart

Posted on September 19, 2022 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. ______________________________ “Human … Continue reading →

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A Poem for International Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day 2022

Posted on September 16, 2022 by wordcloud9

International Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day marks the day in 1987 when 24 countries signed the Montreal Protocol to reduce emissions damaging to the ozone layer by the year 2000. The ozone layer makes life on Earth possible, because … Continue reading →

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My Memorable Meeting with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Posted on September 15, 2022 by wordcloud9

by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor Priscilla Quoa, a student of Vivian Fowler Memorial College, Lagos, Nigeria, won the 2003 Commonwealth Essay Competition. Stuart Mole, former Director-General of the Royal Commonwealth Society, thought very highly of Priscilla’s achievement, and decided that Priscilla, … Continue reading →

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TCS: The World Offers Itself to Your Imagination

Posted on September 12, 2022 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. ______________________________ “I tell you this … Continue reading →

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A Poem by H.D. on Her Birthday

Posted on September 10, 2022 by wordcloud9

September 10, 1886 – Hilda Dolittle born, pen name H.D., American poet and novelist, known for avant-garde poetry, literary editor of  The Egoist journal during WWI, frequently used Greek mythology and insights from psychoanalysis in her work; H.D.’s work was … Continue reading →

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Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day

Posted on September 9, 2022 by wordcloud9

If you could look up “wonderful weirdo” in the 13th edition of The Chambers Dictionary of the Twentieth Century, I think you might very well find a photograph of Shel Silverstein. Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million … Continue reading →

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White Supremacy

Posted on September 8, 2022 by wordcloud9

by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor ___________________________ “You have to get over the fear of facing the worst in yourself. You should instead fear unexamined racism. Fear the thought that right now, you could be contributing to the oppression of others and you … Continue reading →

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A Poem for Read a Book Day

Posted on September 6, 2022 by wordcloud9

Reading is under assault in the U.S. Right-wing extremists across the country are trying to get books banned – to get them removed from public libraries and public schools – labeling any books that make them uncomfortable as immoral, pornographic, … Continue reading →

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TCS: This Is Not a Small Voice You Hear

Posted on September 5, 2022 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. ______________________________ “Become such as you … Continue reading →

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