Category Archives: Poetry

Word Cloud: OUT-OF-FASHION

Posted on April 1, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Popular interest is a fickle thing. This year’s critically acclaimed, best-selling novel may be completely forgotten five years from now, and then re-discovered a couple of decades after that when Hollywood finally makes a movie out  … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: BREATH

Posted on March 25, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The element most essential to human life is air. If we can’t breathe, we die. Life outside the womb begins with a first inhale of air, and ends with a last exhale. We must have air … Continue reading →

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World Poetry Day: Celebration

Posted on March 21, 2016 by wordcloud9

In honor of World Poetry Day, this poem from Denise Levertov (1923-1997): Celebration … Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day. Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors, deft hands. And every prodigy of green – whether it’s ferns … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: ILLUMINATOR

Posted on March 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud There are writers who can “deliver the goods” but can’t explain how they create them. There are writers who can “talk a good game,” but whose actual work disappoints. But the writers who can do both … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EMIGRANT

Posted on March 11, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Emigrant – a person who leaves their homeland. Lisel Neumann’s family left Germany in the mid-1930s, moving to Italy, and then France, because her father was a political dissident. By 1939, he had found work in … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: MIGRANT

Posted on March 4, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud “Poetry is a call to action and it also is action. Sometimes we say, “This tragedy, it happened far away. I don’t know what to do. I’m concerned but I’m just dangling in space.” A poem can lead … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CALL-AND-RESPONSE

Posted on February 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Call-and-response is one of the most ancient forms of human expression  — in music, it is a phrase played by a musician or a group of musicians which is answered by another musician or group of … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: BELLTONGUE

Posted on February 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud A human being is made up of all the experiences of a lifetime — sometimes a few carelessly spoken words, long forgotten by the speaker, can change the course of the hearer’s life forever. I do not know if … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: RIFT

Posted on February 12, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud We sometimes forget how closely History is following behind us. Only 50 years ago, it was still illegal for people of different races to marry in 16 U.S. states, mostly in the South. It wasn’t until … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: KNOWLEDGE

Posted on February 5, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Rita Dove, United States Library of Congress Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, served two terms: 1993-94 and 1994-95. She has the distinction of being the first African-American, AND at age 40, the youngest poet to be appointed … Continue reading →

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