Category Archives: Poetry

Word Cloud: ANEW

Posted on December 29, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The year 2017 has been a difficult one for many people. The increasing effects of global climate change have taken lives and destroyed homes. More people, especially children, are hungry, or waiting in a refugee camp … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WINTERDARK

Posted on December 22, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In the Northern Hemisphere, we are just a day past the longest night of the year, and now the sun will linger moments longer each day until the Summer Solstice. The tides of the seasons never … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: GREENLEAF

Posted on December 15, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD December is a very busy time for most people now. We have lots of celebrating, and gift buying and giving, going on.  But we sometimes get a chance to slow down for a few days here … Continue reading →

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TCS: Burning the Clocks

Posted on December 11, 2017 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 burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: HIBERNAL

Posted on December 8, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In the afternoons, it’s hard for me to believe that we are only thirteen days from the winter solstice. Day after day here in Southern California, the weather is sunny and exceptionally dry. Our fire season … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WINTERTIDE

Posted on December 1, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The first day of December – three weeks before the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, or the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. In many northern places, winter has already arrived: the summer birds left … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: STORYTELLERS

Posted on November 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Friday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Native American Heritage Day by Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush, but to many Americans, it is ‘Black Friday’ the unofficial start to the … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: HEARTBEAT

Posted on November 17, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Heartbeat. The drum of human life. No matter who we are, where we were born, or how we live, it is the rhythm of each of our lives. The Native American women poets who are today’s … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CEREMONY

Posted on November 10, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m continuing this week with poets from different tribal backgrounds in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Alienation is a common theme in the work of Native Americans, who frequently begin life speaking their people’s language, … Continue reading →

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TCS: Stealing Time

Posted on November 6, 2017 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 burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading →

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