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A Poem for Pluto Day
Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth’s. – Alan Stern, American planetary scientist On February 18, 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff … Continue reading
A Poem for National Almond Day
February 16 is National Almond Day. English author D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is far more famous for his novels, especially Lady Chatterley’s Lover, which was considered quite shocking. It was first published privately in 1928 in Italy, and in 1929 in … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond Blossom, D.H. Lawrence, National Almond Day
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A Poem for the Lunar New Year
Lynda Hull (1954-1994), American Poet; as a teenager, she ran away from home. For the next several years, Hull lived in various Chinatowns across North America and married a Chinese immigrant. After reconnecting with her family in the early 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged A Poem for the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, Lynda Hull
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Umbrella Day
Today is Umbrella Day, because on February 10, 1899, John Warren filed a patent for an improved folding umbrella. Of course, in searching for poems about umbrellas, I found a huge amount of dreadful poetry, but very few poems, good or … Continue reading
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Tagged Brollies, Jack Prelutsky, Marion Rankine, Prose, Umbrella Day, Umbrellas
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A Poem for Chopsticks Day
David Booth lives in Toronto, Ontario, and is a Professor Emeritus at OISE/University of Toronto. A bestselling author and renowned educator, he has written many poetry anthologies for young people, including ‘Til All the Stars have Fallen and Dr. Knickerbocker and Other Rhymes, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Poetry
Tagged A Poem for Chopsticks Day, Chopsticks Day, David Booth, Rhyming Chopsticks
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A Poem for Homemade Soup Day
Daniel Nyikos was born in Germany into a U.S. military family. His mother is Hungarian and his father is an American of Hungarian descent. The family moved a lot during his early school years, mostly in America and the Netherlands. … Continue reading
TCS: Langston Hughes – For Livin’ I Was Born
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 am so … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged For Livin’ I Was Born, Langston Hughes, Lorraine Hansberry, Vachel Lindsay, Winold Reiss
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A Poem for Street Children’s Day
In Austria, today is Street Children’s Day, but there are street children everywhere. If children really are our future, then every child should have enough to eat, a safe place to sleep, clothes that fit and protect from the weather, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, poverty
Tagged A Poem for Street Children's Day, Homeless, Octavio Paz, Street Children, The Street
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To Kiss the World Good-bye – In Memorium
January 27th is International Day in Memory of the Holocaust Victims. Hana Volavková (1904-1985) was the only curator of the Central Jewish Museum to survive World War II. She collected and edited poems, letters, and drawings in a book called I … Continue reading
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