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TCS: But Alien Still – The Question of Loyalty
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. ______________________________ To … Continue reading
A Poem for the 4th of July
Jimmy Santiago Baca (1952 – ) was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of Apache and Chicano ancestry. Abandoned by his parents, he ran away at 13 from the orphanage where his grandmother had placed him. Baca was convicted on drug … Continue reading
Posted in Fourth of July, Poetry, United States
Tagged American Indians, American Southwest, Disenfranchised, Immigrants in Our Own Land, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Social Justice
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TCS: Reaching Out Into the World – Floyd Dell, Socialist
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. ______________________________ Feminism … Continue reading
A Poem for International Day of the Seafarer
The Day of the Seafarer was first celebrated on June 25, 2011, following a resolution to establish it by the Conference of Parties to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), held in Manila, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Life on the Ocean Wave, Epes Sargent, International Day of the Seafarer, Sailors, Thomas Wells, Wawona
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You Will Hear Thunder
Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966), Russian poet and translator, was born on June 23 as Anna Andreyevna Gorenko. Akhmatova was her pen name. She was one of the most acclaimed writers in Russian literature, but her work was suppressed in the Soviet … Continue reading
TCS: Brightness Appears Showing Us Everything
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. ______________________________ “If … Continue reading
A Poem for National Watch Day
June 19th is National Watch Day. It was launched in 2017 as part of a celebration of the history and art of watchmaking at Nordstrom department stores. German inventor Peter Heinlein invented the mainspring, and by 1524 he was producing … Continue reading
Posted in History, Poetry
Tagged Danusha Laméris, National Watch Day, The Watch, Time
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World Tesselation Day
Today is World Tesselation Day, started in 2016 by Emily Grosvenor, author of Tessalation!, a children’s book about tesselations (patterns) in nature; she chose June 17 because it is the birthday of M.C. Escher, famous for the complicated patterns in his prints … Continue reading
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Tagged Amit Majmudar, M.C. Escher, Patterns in Nature, World Tesselation Day
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A Poem for World Sea Turtle Day
World Sea Turtle Day began being promoted by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on June 16, 2014. Sea Turtles are among the oldest living creatures, having been in existence at least 100 million years. There are seven … Continue reading
A World of Dew
Kobayashi Issa (1763-1828) was born as Kobayashi Nobuyuki on June 15, 1763; Japanese poet who used ‘Issa’ as his pen name (meaning cup of tea); one of the ‘Great Four’ haiku masters, with Bashō, Buson, and Shiki. He wrote over … Continue reading
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