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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
Word Cloud: LIGHT
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD According to my mother, my first word after “mama” and “dada” was “light.” Well, actually, it was “ight” but I was pointing at a lighted lamp, so she knew what I meant. It’s turned out to … Continue reading
Word Cloud: EXPERIENCES
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I was in San Francisco for the “Summer of Love.” They were heady days. I got to hear all the cool bands, and anything seemed possible. People, mostly kids like me, came from many places seeking … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged David Biespiel, Haight Ashbery, Mahmoud Darwish, Mike Kitay, san francisco, Summer of Love, Thom Gunn, UC Berkeley
Word Cloud: ALCHEMIST
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There’s a wide spectrum of relationships between poets and readers. Some poets write with a searing clarity, and some write as if daring you to make any sense of their poems. Some write poems so personal … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SWELTERING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading
Word Cloud: CHRONICLER
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Mary Jo Salter is an American poet, essayist, playwright, lyricist and editor, born August 15, 1954,in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is a former editor at the Atlantic Monthly, poetry editor at the New Republic, and co-editor of the fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Chronicler, Ellis Island, John Lennon, Mary Jo Salter, Myrna Loy, NASA Discovery
Word Cloud: LIGHTHOUSE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD On August 7, 1789, the U.S. Congress approved an act for the “establishment and support of Lighthouse, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers.” Two hundred years later, the Congress designated August 7th as National Lighthouse Day. All … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Alfred Corn, Helen Emma Maring, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lighthouse, Lucy Larcom, Mathilde Blind, National Lighthouse Day
Word Cloud: MUTTS
by Nona Blyth Cloud July 31 is National Mutt Day. Millions of dogs wind up in animal shelters across the U.S. every year. Most of them are Mutts. Too many of them never get adopted, but the ones who do … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dorothy Parker, Judith Viorst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Linda Pastan, Mark Twain, Mutts, Robert Service
Word Cloud: SLOW-BURNING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Poetry covers everything. If it ever was, or somebody dreamed it happened, or if somebody felt it happen, then there’s a poem about somewhere. But in these hard times, I’ve been searching for the answers to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, Covid-19, Haki R. Madhubuti, Harlem - New York City, Slow-Burning, Yesenia Montilla
Word Cloud: JUSTICE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m just an old ’60s peacenik, so I believe there is no true peace without justice. Yet what is Justice? To me, it means we all get a fair chance – everybody gets something, but nobody … Continue reading
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