Category Archives: Word Cloud

Word Cloud: ACTIVIST

Posted on March 13, 2020 by wordcloud9

(reposted in honor of Women’s History Month) by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Ask two hundred people on the main streets across America to name American women poets — if they came up with anyone, almost certainly it would be Emily Dickinson, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: INCURSION

Posted on March 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

Originally published in 2016 – republished for Women’s History Month 2020 by Nona Blyth Cloud In an interview in the Kenyon Review in 2103,  the poet Solmaz Sharif  was asked: What have you learned about the writing process in the last … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CONNECTION

Posted on February 28, 2020 by wordcloud9

(Republished in honor of Women’s History Month, and because we all need more uplifting connections.) by NONA BLYTH CLOUD When you finally come down to it, all Art is really about such a basic thing: Connection. Human to human, and … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: TRANSFORMATION

Posted on February 21, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD What’s in a name? Names are a symbol for who we are, but sometimes a birth name can feel like a once-warm coat we’ve outgrown: a little shabby, and tight in all the wrong places. So … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CHIAROSCURO

Posted on February 14, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For several years now, Right Wing think tanks and other revisionists have striven to convince us that “Black Slavery Wasn’t as Bad as You’ve Been Taught.” Since the people putting this theory out there are white, and have … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CONVERSATION

Posted on February 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

In honor of Black History Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There is a strong tradition of women in America being involved in social justice movements. The Abolitionist, Women’s Rights and Civil Rights movements all have notable women in their histories. … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DREAM

Posted on January 31, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD February is Black History Month in the United States. When Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in 1963, he wasn’t the first African-American to talk about a dream for a … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: BARD

Posted on January 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

Updated – originally published on January 22, 2016  by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Saturday, January 25, will be the 261st anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759–1796), forever the National Bard of Scotland.  It is a widely celebrated event in … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WORKING-DAYS

Posted on January 17, 2020 by wordcloud9

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

Posted on January 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

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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