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Word Cloud: RIFT
by Nona Blyth Cloud We sometimes forget how closely History is following behind us. Only 50 years ago, it was still illegal for people of different races to marry in 16 U.S. states, mostly in the South. It wasn’t until … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Constitutional Law, Louisiana, Mississippi, Poetry, Racism, Word Cloud
Tagged African American, Black History, Interracial Marriage, Natasha Trethewey, Pulitizer Prize, Rift
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Word Cloud: KNOWLEDGE
by Nona Blyth Cloud Rita Dove, United States Library of Congress Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, served two terms: 1993-94 and 1994-95. She has the distinction of being the first African-American, AND at age 40, the youngest poet to be appointed … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Billie Holliday, Black History, Civil Rights Movement, Greek Mythology, Knowledge, Pulitzer Prize, Rita Dove, Rosa Parks, US Poet Laureate
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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