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April is National Poetry Month – The Light Filled Up the Sky
April is National Poetry Month in the U.S. It was first introduced and organized in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, as a celebration of American poetry, and a way to increase awareness and appreciation for the art of … Continue reading
Posted in National Poetry Month, Poetry, United States
Tagged April is National Poetry Month –The Light Filled Up the Sky, Georgia Theophillis Noble, Maria Polydouri, Today
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Amanda Gorman Reads ‘The Hill We Climb’
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‘The Hill We Climb’ – Poetry Returns to the Presidential Inauguration
Second inauguration of President Barack Obama There have been five poems delivered by their poets at inaugurations of U.S. presidents, all of them Democrats. It began when John F. Kennedy asked Robert Frost to read his poem “The Gift Outright” … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Gorman, Joe Biden, Presidential Inaugurations, The Hill We Climb
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Thoughts About the Attempted Insurrection in Washington DC
“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.As nations become corrupt and vicious, theyhave more need of masters.” – Benjamin Franklin “In questions of power, then, let no more be saidof confidence in man, but bind him down frommischief by the … Continue reading
In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second woman on the U.S. Supreme Court on August 10, 1993. From the ACLU tribute to “the Notorious RBG” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice and co-founder of the Women’s Rights … Continue reading
Word Cloud: RESISTANCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In 1895, Japan was at war with China for supremacy over Korea, which was China’s most important client state. Japan wanted access to Korea’s coal and iron, and to use it as a buffer zone to prevent Chinese or Russian … Continue reading
A Poem for This Fourth of July
This 4th of July I don’t feel much like celebrating. The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is in trouble, more divided, more unequal, and certainly less free, than ever. In November, I do believe we … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States
Tagged A Poem for This Fourth of July, Immigrants in Our Own Land, Jimmy Santiago Baca
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Word Cloud: DREAM
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD February is Black History Month in the United States. When Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in 1963, he wasn’t the first African-American to talk about a dream for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Walker, Black History Month, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Martin Luther King Jr, Robert Hayden
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A Poem for Dia da Saudade
I was intrigued by the Brazilian Dia da Saudade, which was roughly translated as “Longing for What is Absent Day.” So I went in search of a poem which might illustrate the feeling, and found “Before” by Ada Limón, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Limón, Before, Dia da Saudade, Longing for What is Absent, National Book Award finalist
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