April 14th is
Look Up at the Sky Day
National Pecan Day
National Dolphin Day
Pan American Day *
International Moment of Laughter Day *
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ON THIS DAY: April 14, 2020
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Christiaan Huygens, Ilhan Omar, John Steinbeck, K. Saraswathi Amma, Shamshad Begum, Sue Hill
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ON THIS DAY: April 13, 2020
April 13th is
Make Lunch Count Day *
Peach Cobbler Day
Scrabble Day *
Thomas Jefferson Day *
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Tagged Eudora Welty, Guru Gobind Singh, Miyamoto Musashi, Nella Larsen, Pocahontas, Ruby Puryear Hearn, Sydney Khumalo
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TCS: You Breathe in Two Countries – Separation in a Plague Year
.. Good Morning!
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Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers
on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,
so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in
your brainpan, feel free to add a comment.
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“And one by one the nights between
our separated cities are joined to
the night that unites us.”
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Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Carol Ann Duffy, Naomi Shihab Nye, Pablo Neruda, Separation in a Plague Year, TCS, W.S. Merwin, You Breathe in Two Countries
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ON THIS DAY: April 12, 2020
April 12th is
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality Monument Day *
D.E.A.R. Day *
Polio Vaccine Day *
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
International Day for Street Children *
International Day of Human Space Flight *
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Tagged Chi Onwurah, Dennis Banks, Lydia Cacho, Montserrat Caballé, Mukhran Machavariani, Sumitra Mahajan, Zawgyi
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Poem for Easter Sunday in a Plague Year
Lourdes Casal (1938-1981) was born in Cuba. She became an American citizen in 1962. She was an American poet and critic. She was also an organizer and activist, and earned a PhD in social work (1975). Casal was internationally known for her contributions to psychology, and for her efforts to build bridges between the Cuban-American community, other Americans, and Cuba. Author of El caso Padilla: literatura y revolucion en Cuba (The Padilla Case: literature and revolution in Cuba). Beginning in 1977, Casal, who was diabetic, began to experience renal dysfunction and began dialysis treatment. Though she continued trips to and from Cuba in her attempts to serve as a bridge between Cubans and Cuban-Americans, her health was in decline. In 1981, Casal died at age 41 in Havana from complications of her illnesses. She was the first Cuban-American to receive the Casa de las Américas Prize, awarded to her posthumously in 1981.
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Tagged Casa de las Américas Prize, Cuba, Lourdes Casal, Poem for Easter Sunday in a Plague Year
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ON THIS DAY: April 11, 2020
April 11th is
Barbershop Quartet Day
Cheese Fondue Day
U.S. Submarine Day *
International “Louie Louie” Day *
World Parkinson’s Disease Day *
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Tagged Christopher Smart, Indira Samarasekera, Jane Bolin, Leo Rosten, Misuzu Kaneko, Phil Scott, Reatha Clark King
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ON THIS DAY: April 10, 2020
April 10th is
Encourage a Young Writer Day *
ASPCA Day *
Farm Animals Day *
Golfer’s Day *
National Safety Pin Day *
International Siblings Day *
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Tagged Æ (George William Russell), Dolores Huerta, Frances Perkins, Mary Edwards Walker, Rachel Corrie, Thomas Kgope, William Hazlett
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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, I printed out a list of poets born this month and stuck it on my bulletin board as one source of inspiration.
I’ve been reading for pleasure an alternate timeline series in which the author uses blue butterflies as talismans for the beauty and cruelty of love. Butterflies, you see, are attracted not just to flower nectar – they are also attracted to carrion.
Butterflies are exquisite, essential to life, and thirsty for last blood.
So when I looked over my list of April poets for this post, Louise Glück (1943 – ) clicked. A zing of electricity, arcing between her poems of betrayal and loss so often mating classical mythology with personal revelation, and the dual nature of butterflies.
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The Butterfly
Look, a butterfly. Did you make a wish?
You don’t wish on butterflies.
You do so. Did you make one?
Yes.
It doesn’t count.
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Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged April, Butterfly, Louise Glück, National Book Award for Poetry, National Poetry Month, U.S. Poet Laureate
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ON THIS DAY: April 9, 2020
April 9th is
Chicken Little Awareness Day
Appomattox Day *
Jenkin’s Ear Day *
Winston Churchill Day *
Cherish an Antique Day
Chinese Almond Cookie Day
Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day *
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Warning – 1835 entry has disturbing pictures from the Congo Free State
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Tagged Charles Baudelaire, Cynthia Nixon, Emily Hobhouse, Florence Smith Price, Paul Robeson, Sharan Rani Backliwal, Winston Churchill
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ON THIS DAY: April 8, 2020
April 8th is
All is Ours Day
Draw A Bird Day *
Zoo Lovers Day *
Feng Shui Awareness Day
National Empanada Day
International Romani Day *
Dog Fighting Awareness Day *
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Tagged Carmen McRae, Emily Hobhouse, Ernest Childers, Kofi Annan, Mozart, Pancha Carrasco, Yi So-yeon
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