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The Coffee Shop – A Noiseless Patient Spider
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Climatology, The Coffee Shop, Walt Whitman
Tagged A Noiseless Patient Spider, Global Warming, Michael Greshko, Spider Silk, Spiders, Tasmania
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Read, sweet, how others strove” (Life, 18)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ____________________________________ Read, sweet, how others strove, Till we are stouter; What they renounced, Till we are less afraid; How many times they … Continue reading
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As For Poets
As For Poets by Gary Snyder As for poets The Earth Poets Who write small poems, Need help from no man. The Air Poets Play out the swiftest gales And sometimes loll in the eddies. Poem after poem, Curling back … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Short Video
Tagged Alice Walker, As For Poets, Gary Snyder, Luis J. Rodríguez, Paul Monette, Sherman Alexie
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “When night is almost done” (Life, 17)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ____________________________________ When night is almost done, And sunrise grows so near That we can touch the spaces, It ’s time to smooth … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “To fight aloud is very brave” (Life, 16)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ____________________________________ To fight aloud is very brave, But gallanter, I know, Who charge within the bosom, The cavalry of woe. Who win, … Continue reading
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Tagged poem, To fight aloud is very brave
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Word Cloud: SHADOWLIGHT
by Nona Blyth Cloud Etel Adnan (1925 — ), poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and painter, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of a Greek Christian mother and a Syrian Muslim father. Her languages are Greek, French, English and Arabic. Much of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Lebanon, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Algerian War of Independence, Etel Adnan, Lebanese Civil War, Shadowlight, Vietnam War
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “To a Certain Cantatrice”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass Inscriptions “To a Certain Cantatrice” Here, take this gift, I was reserving it for some hero, speaker, or general, One who should serve the good old … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “I know some lonely houses off the road” (Life, 15)
“Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” ~ Emily Dickinson ____________________________________ I know some lonely houses off the road A robber ’d like the look of,— Wooden barred, And windows hanging low, … Continue reading
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Tagged I know some lonely houses off the road, poem
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “On Journeys Through the States”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass Inscriptions “On Journeys Through the States” On journeys through the States we start, (Ay through the world, urged by these songs, Sailing henceforth to every land, … Continue reading
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Naomi Shihab Nye Talks about Writing
Palestinian-American poet, essayist and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye is a wonderful writer, and she’s also a terrific teacher. In this video, Marcia Franklin talks with her at the 2012 Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. The two discuss the themes in Nye’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Poetry
Tagged 9-11, Naomi Shihab Nye, Palestinian-Israeli crisis, Writing
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