Authors
Recent Comments
Category Archives: Poetry
Word Cloud: BEGINNINGS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For there’s more enterprise In walking naked – William Butler Yeats, “A Coat” from A Cloak by Denise Levertov And I walked naked from the beginning breathing in my life, breathing out poems, … Continue reading
Posted in England, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Beginnings, Caedmon, Cancer, County of Essex, Denise Levertov, Last Poems
Comments Off on Word Cloud: BEGINNINGS
Word Cloud: PRAISE
by Nona Blyth Cloud After the frantic weeks from Thanksgiving to New Years, we’re all ready for that “long winter’s nap” we never got in December. But in the U.S., that can be hard to come by. Most of us … Continue reading
Posted in California, Indiana, Poetry, Texas, Winter, Word Cloud
Tagged Denise Levertov, Garbage Collectors, January, Mark Sanders, Philp Appleman, Praise, Whooping Cranes
2 Comments
Word Cloud: HOGMANAY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD A guid New Year to ane an` a` and mony may ye see! New Year’s Eve is celebrated around the world, but in Scotland, it’s called Hogmanay. For about 400 years, from the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Mythology, Poetry, Religion, Scotland
Tagged Church of Scotland, Hogmanay, Liz Lockhead, New Years, Pagans
7 Comments
Word Cloud: WABI-SABI
by Nona Blyth Cloud Wabi–sabi (侘寂) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.” Rust, asymmetric shapes, age … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Billy Collins, Jane Kenyon, Japanese aesthetic, Shel Silverstein, Susan Elizabeth Howe, Wabi-Sabi
8 Comments
Word Cloud: SOLITARY
by Nona Blyth Cloud . Stanza If they snatch my ink and pen, I should not complain, For I have dipped my fingers In the blood of my heart. I should not complain Even if they seal my tongue, For … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Islam, Pakistan, Poetry, Word Cloud, World History
Tagged Exile, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Hafez Shiraz, Lenin Peace Prize, Political Prisoner, Solitary, Sufi, Urdu
Comments Off on Word Cloud: SOLITARY
Word Cloud: GUNFIRE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD GUNFIRE Someone picks up a gun and points it, At some famous face they think they know, Then pulls the trigger — The bullet nicks the heart of the world And we all bleed. Someone picks … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Art, FDR, Holocaust, Nazis, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Terrorism, United States, War, Word Cloud, World History, World War I
Tagged Assassination, Firearms, Gunfire, Guns, Murder
19 Comments
Word Cloud: SNOWBLIND
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 Holidays, Mythology, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged California, Christmas, Mary Oliver, Pagans, Snowblind, Thomas Hardy, Winter Solstice
2 Comments
Word Cloud: PECUNIARY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Conspicuous consumption is a term introduced by the Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class. The term refers to consumers who buy expensive items to display wealth and income … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, Society, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Black Friday, Christmas, Denise Levertov, Janis Joplin, Pecuniary, The Beatles
6 Comments
Nicole Plyler Fisk
Gene Howington
FFS Guest Blogger
Joy of Fishes
Chuck Stanley
shortfinals
Terry Welshans
ann li-summers
wordcloud9
Flowers For Socrates 