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BURNING THE CLOCKS (Redux)
Updated – Originally posted December 11, 2017, as part of The Coffee Shop series by Nona Blyth Cloud _____________________________________________ The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. – William Blake
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, United Kingdom
Tagged Brighton & Hove, Burning the Clocks, Burning the Old Year, Naomi Shihab Nye, Same Sky, William Blake, Winter Solstice
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Word Cloud: WINDOWS (Redux)
by Nona Blyth Cloud Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic. ………………………… – Dave Eggers The view from Dave Eggers’ bathroom window is a close match to the view from my kitchen window. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Holidays, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dave Eggers, December, Joseph Brodsky, Kenn Nesbitt, Nancy McCleery, Robert Louis Stevenson
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TCS: In the Bleak Midwinter
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Music, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst, In the Bleak Midwinter, King's College Cambridge, Oliver Herford, TCS
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Word Cloud: ENCRYPTED (Redux)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD When the Germans invaded Denmark in April, 1940, Piet Hein (1905-1996) was a 34-year-old scientist and inventor, who had to decide between three responses: do nothing, flee to “neutral” Sweden — or join the Danish resistance movement. As he explained in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Danish Modern, Denmark, Grook, Kumbel, Piet Hein, Politiken newspaper, superellipse, WWII
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A Sigh for the Whims of Male Historians (Redux)
Originally posted on December 8, 2016 It was recorded on November 23, 534 BC, that Thespis of Icaria became the first actor to step out of the chorus and portray a character onstage. Now celebrated as International Thespian Day. ______________________________________
Posted in Poetry, Theatre
Tagged Anne Marshall, First Woman on the English Stage, Margaret Hughes, Othello, Thespis of Icaria, To the Disputed Woman Who First Graced the English Stage as Desdemona, William Shakespeare
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Word Cloud: SNOWBLIND (Redux)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD It’s an irony that the things I like best about Christmas are traditions from places where Winter means snow and ice. The smell of pine warmed by glowing lights, carols full of cold Decembers, and hot … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Another Kind of Christmas, Mary Oliver, Mistletoe, Snowblind, The Darkling Thrush, Thomas Hardy, White-Eyes
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TCS: Ogden Nash and ‘The Common Cold’
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Doctor's Waiting Rooms, Doctors, Housecalls, Humor, Khang Kijarro Nguyen, Ogden Nash, TCS, The Common Cold
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Word Cloud: EARTHDRUM
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For this final day of Native American Heritage Month, I offer you some poems by Joseph Bruchac (1942 –) an Abenaki poet, storyteller and editor who won a Cherokee Nation Prose Award, the Hope S. Dean Award for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Abenaki, Joseph Bruchac, Native American Heritage Month
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TCS: BREVITY is the Soul of Wit
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged BREVITY is the Soul of Wit, Hamlet, One Sentence Poems, TCS, William Shakespeare
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Word Cloud: TABLE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Friday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Native American Heritage Day in the U.S. since 2008, but some Native Americans feel the day is a poor choice, since it coincides with the aggressive capitalism and greed … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Black Friday, Joy Harjo, Native American Heritage Day, Perhaps the World Ends Here, Table, Thanksgiving
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