Category Archives: Word Cloud

Word Cloud: WORKING-DAYS

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In William Shakespeare’s play, Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice says in mock lament: I may sit in a corner and cry heigh-ho for a husband! When Don Pedro offers to get her one, she asks if … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: CODA

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There are some people who begin to hear the ticking of the clock louder and louder in their lives, that relentless reminder that death is somewhere up ahead. They study it, try to pry at death’s … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: STUNNED

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There are “some people” who wonder why I do this weekly series on poetry. The readership isn’t large, although I am often surprised by who shows up, and from where they are visiting. I’m passionate about … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: ANEW

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The year 2017 has been a difficult one for many people. The increasing effects of global climate change have taken lives and destroyed homes. More people, especially children, are hungry, or waiting in a refugee camp … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: WINTERDARK

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In the Northern Hemisphere, we are just a day past the longest night of the year, and now the sun will linger moments longer each day until the Summer Solstice. The tides of the seasons never … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: GREENLEAF

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD December is a very busy time for most people now. We have lots of celebrating, and gift buying and giving, going on.  But we sometimes get a chance to slow down for a few days here … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: HIBERNAL

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In the afternoons, it’s hard for me to believe that we are only thirteen days from the winter solstice. Day after day here in Southern California, the weather is sunny and exceptionally dry. Our fire season … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: WINTERTIDE

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The first day of December – three weeks before the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, or the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. In many northern places, winter has already arrived: the summer birds left … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: STORYTELLERS

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Friday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Native American Heritage Day by Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush, but to many Americans, it is ‘Black Friday’ the unofficial start to the … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: HEARTBEAT

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Heartbeat. The drum of human life. No matter who we are, where we were born, or how we live, it is the rhythm of each of our lives. The Native American women poets who are today’s … Continue reading

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