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A Poem for November 22, 2018
First of all, _________________________________ Consider the humble onion. It is so often the beginning of great meals. I hope that whatever you are eating today is truly a feast. Click for the poem:
Posted in Edible Flowers, Poetry
Tagged A Poem for November 22 2018, Cooking, Onions, Thanksgiving, William Matthews
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Word Cloud: BRIEFLY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Apologies, Dear Readers, I am in the thrall of a head cold this week, and so this edition of Word Cloud will be brief. As the New Testament says, the spirit is willing, but the flesh … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged A writing life, Advice to Myself, Holidays, Louise Erdrich, Native American Heritage Month, November
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Word Cloud: FIRST
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Indigenous – aboriginal, earliest, FIRST, native, original Continuing this week with poems for National Native American Heritage Month, which happens in the U.S. every November, but with less fanfare than it deserves. Of course, some Native Americans don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Apache-Chicano, Elise Paschen, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Lipan Apache Band of Texas, Margo Tamez, Ofelia Zepeda, Osage, Tohono O’odham
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TCS: WHY VOTE? Poets Tell Us What All the Polls Leave Out
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 Audre Lorde, Dana Gioia, John Greenleaf Whittier, Naomi Shihab Nye, Roald Dahl, TCS, WHY VOTE? Poets Tell Us What All the Polls Leave Out, William Carlos Williams
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Word Cloud: CIRCLES
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD November in the U.S. is Native American Heritage Month. It was not something that happened easily. In 1915, Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfoot nation, rode his horse from state to state seeking approval from … Continue reading
TCS: A Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
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 Emily Dickinson, Music, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged A Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay, Griffith Park Observatory, T.E. Hulme, TCS, Ted Kooser
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Word Cloud: ENTHRALL
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Witches. In cultures around the world, stories are told of women who have some extraordinary power: the gift of foretelling the future; of casting spells to alter reality; of mysteriously healing the sick; of cursing their … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Anne Sexton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, ENTHRALL, Henry Adams Bellows, Jane Baxter, Poetic Edda, Völuspá, Witches
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Word Cloud: PHANTASM (revisited)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Autumn days slide into long nights of winter-dark –shadows shifting on the bedroom wall, soft footfalls pacing the hallway, or dried leaves scratching on a windowpane – all subtly take on an ominous quality. October is a month abounding with myths … Continue reading
A Poem for Black Poetry Day
Coal by Audre Lorde I Is the total black, being spoken From the earth’s inside. There are many kinds of open. How a diamond comes into a knot of flame How a sound comes into a word, coloured By who … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Poetry
Tagged Audre Lorde, Black Poetry Day, Black Women, Coal, Feminism, LGBT rights
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