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Word Cloud: MYSTIC
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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Tagged MYSTIC, Patmos Greece, Robert Lax
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Word Cloud: BEHOLDER
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD On April 27, 2020, Ireland lost one of its great poets. Eavan Boland (1944-2020) was born in Dublin, Ireland, but her father was a career diplomat, so she spent part of her childhood in London, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Bradstreet, Beholder, Eavan Boland, Ireland, Irish Potato Famine, Woman Poet
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Word Cloud: KINTSUGI
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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Tagged Chana Bloch, Kintsugi, Stradivarius violin, The Little Ice Age, The Sixth Age, Weddings
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Word Cloud: SARDONIC
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.” “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.” “I hate writing, I love having written.” “By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and … Continue reading
Word Cloud: BUTTERFLY
reposted in honor of National Poetry Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m sure you’ve been longing to know how I choose my subjects each week. It’s different every time, but this week will give you an idea. At the beginning of April, … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Butterfly, Louise Glück, National Book Award for Poetry, National Poetry Month, U.S. Poet Laureate
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Word Cloud: DISINHERITED
Republished in honor of National Poetry Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In pursuit of poetic history for National Poetry Month, I’ve dipped into the dusty past to look at a poet who was once an international figure in literary circles, … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, California Gold Rush, Disinherited, Edwin Markham, The Man With a Hoe, Thomas Lake Harris
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Word Cloud: ECSTASY
reposted in honor of Women’s History Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD If you look up “complex” in the dictionary, you may find a picture of H.D. (1886-1961). Since most Americans and many people in the rest of the world have not … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryher (Annie W Ellerman), Ecstasy, Ezra Pound, Greek and Roman Mythology, H.D. (Hilda Dolittle), Imagist, World War I
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Word Cloud: MIDLIFE
reposted in honor of Women’s History Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I guess it’s human nature to try to make things fit, whether it’s putting on roof tiles, or papers we need to file, or sorting the animal kingdom into … Continue reading
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Tagged Maxine Kumin, Midlife, Poets' Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Robert Frost Medal, Ruth Lily Poetry Prize, U.S. Poet Laureate
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