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Word Cloud: PECUNIARY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Conspicuous consumption is a term introduced by the Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class. The term refers to consumers who buy expensive items to display wealth and income … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, Society, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Black Friday, Christmas, Denise Levertov, Janis Joplin, Pecuniary, The Beatles
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Word Cloud: GRATEFUL
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For many Americans, it’s feasting on turkey and all the fixings with family and friends, watching football and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, and then nodding off with a mild case of indigestion. This … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Grateful, Homeless, Marjorie Saiser, Over the River, Refugees, Richard Blanco, Thanksgiving
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Word Cloud: DRAGON
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Dragon – a mythical creature appearing in many cultures, used to symbolize many things: power, wisdom, menace, good fortune, destruction, greed, the bones of the earth, illusion, the longing of human beings to fly, etc. November … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged American Modernist Poetry, Dragon, Feminism, Literary Criticism, Marianne Moore, Mark Twain, Roses
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Word Cloud: WARCRY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This month marks the 99th Anniversary of the end of the Somme Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Somme. The Somme was one of the longest, bloodiest battles in human history: between July 1, and … Continue reading
Posted in Heroism, History, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War I
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Bertrand Russell, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Somme Offensive, Trench fever, Warcry, Wilfred Owen
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Word Cloud: THRALL
by Nona Blyth Cloud Witches. In cultures around the world, stories are told of women who have some extraordinary power: the gift of foretelling the future; of casting spells to alter reality; of mysteriously healing the sick; of cursing their … Continue reading
Posted in Mythology, Poetry, Scotland, Word Cloud
Tagged Anne Sexton, Edna St. Vincent Millay, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jane Baxter, Pagan, Poetic Eddas, Thrall, Witch Trials, Witches
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Word Cloud: APPARITION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Samhain or Samhuin (SAH-win or SOW-in – rhymes with cow) was the first day of the new year in the ancient Celtic calendar, the beginning of the “darker half” of the year. Samhain is Irish Gaelic. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Holidays, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Apparition, Celtic, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ghosts, Halloween, Jazz, Samhain, Vietnam
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Word Cloud: ELDRITCH
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. – Macbeth, Act IV, Scene 1 We’re midway through October, when black and orange decorations are popping up everywhere, and Americans add giant bags of … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Ireland, Mythology, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Carl Sandburg, Celtic, Eldritch, Halloween, Jack O Lantern, Pagan, Pumpkins
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Word Cloud: HARBINGER
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Last-Minute Message For a Time Capsule I have to tell you this, whoever you are: that on one summer morning here, the ocean pounded in on tumbledown breakers, a south wind, bustling along the shore, whipped … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Fundamentalism, Humor, Literature, Poetry, Religion, Word Cloud
Tagged Armageddon, Darwin, Harbinger, Non-Fiction, Philip Appleman, True Believers
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Word Cloud: SUNCROSSING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I am by choice most thoroughly a creature of the West Coast convergence of sea and desert, which gives new meaning to “dry land.” Autumn, when the sun recrosses the equator heading south, might tempt me … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Autumn, California, House Committee on Un-American Activities, London, North Dakota, Rome, Suncrossing
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Word Cloud: OBSCURED
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Each poem comes in its own way. Finding the rhythm and shape of a poem can be as natural as breathing, or as difficult as giving birth. Some poems emerge full-grown like Athena from the head … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Japan, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War II
Tagged Basho, Free Verse, Obscured, Ozaki Kihachi, Showa, Translations
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