Category Archives: Word Cloud

Word Cloud: DEEP

Posted on July 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Some poetry is bold and LOUD. Some poetry is full of  SymbØli℠. Some poetry is full of RAGE, or Sorrow or Pain. William Stafford (1914–1993) wrote poems in a soft-spoken voice, poems that seem direct and simple, but … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: REQUIEM

Posted on July 1, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD When you write 60 to 70 profiles of poets a year, you read a lot of poetry. Searching for poems that make you want to read more is both joy and drudgery. Joy when you find something … Continue reading →

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WORD CLOUD: VISION

Posted on June 24, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Alice Walker (1944 – ) is famous for her novels, especially her third novel, The Color Purple. Since it was first published in 1982, The Color Purple earned the National Book Award  for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SHADOWLIGHT

Posted on June 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Etel Adnan (1925 — ), poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and painter, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of  a Greek Christian mother and a Syrian Muslim father. Her languages are  Greek, French, English and Arabic. Much of … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SOLSTICE

Posted on June 10, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season is the Summer Solstice, which this year begins at 6:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 20. I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SYNTHESIS

Posted on June 3, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The United States is a nation of borrowers. What we borrow is stuff from other cultures: words, food, music, clothing – whatever catches our eyes and ears. Then we put our own spin on it, or combine … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: MYSTIC

Posted on May 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud “Abstract Minimalist” — Sometimes the labels that get attached to a poet’s work obscure rather than illuminate. The poet Robert Lax (1915 – 2000) pared down his work and his life to the essentials. Robert Lax dealt … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: UNDAUNTED

Posted on May 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD It’s 1665, and you’re an Englishwoman married to a Dutchman, who dies suddenly, leaving you nothing but debts. You’re recruited as an ‘intelligence gatherer’ for King Charles II, using the code name “Astrea.” The Crown pays for … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: GHOSTWRITER

Posted on May 13, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud I hope Sherman Alexie (1966 —  ) will forgive me for the title. I chose it to make a point: far too many people in the U.S. do think of Indians as ghosts from the past. Alexie has said … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud – KINTSUGI

Posted on May 6, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The big philosophical questions that humankind has been struggling with for millennia —  Birth, Death, The Meaning of Life, Love, Infinity — are inextricably woven into our daily lives. We are all born, we all die, we all wonder … Continue reading →

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