Category Archives: Poetry

TCS: So With My Neighbor I Rejoice – Good Neighbor Day

Posted on September 28, 2020 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 … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EARTH

Posted on September 25, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen? When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example. The “basic four”— … Continue reading →

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A Poem by Irving Feldman on the Day After His Birthday

Posted on September 23, 2020 by wordcloud9

Yesterday, the power company turned off our electricity for most of the day in order to replace some equipment, and so I was unable to post this piece on the actual date of Irving Feldman’s birthday. But I’m taking the … Continue reading →

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TCS: Life Suggests That You Remember – Poems for Gratitude Day

Posted on September 21, 2020 by wordcloud9

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In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted on September 19, 2020 by wordcloud9

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second woman on the U.S. Supreme Court on August 10, 1993. From the ACLU tribute to “the Notorious RBG” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice and co-founder of the Women’s Rights … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: RESISTANCE

Posted on September 18, 2020 by wordcloud9

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 →

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A Poem for International Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day

Posted on September 16, 2020 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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TCS: If We Have Not Struggled – Three American Poets

Posted on September 14, 2020 by wordcloud9

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Word Cloud: LIGHT

Posted on September 11, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD According to my mother, my first word after “mama” and “dada” was “light.” Well, actually, it was “ight” but I was pointing at a lighted lamp, so she knew what I meant. It’s turned out to … Continue reading →

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TCS: With Lifted Hearts Singing – Poems for Labor Day

Posted on September 7, 2020 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 burninga hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. … Continue reading →

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