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Tag Archives: Billy Collins
TCS: Write Where We Are Now – Poetry of the Pandemic
.. Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “We need the … Continue reading
TCS: A Certain Slant of Light – 2021
Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ In the depths of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged A Certain Slant of Light, Albert Camus, Billy Collins, Dorothy Porter, Emily Dickinson, Hone Tuwhare, TCS
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Word Cloud: SWELTERING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading
A Poem for I Forgot Day
Billy Collins (March 22, 1941 – ) dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, was a two-term U.S. Poet Laureate (2001-2003), and has published many poetry collections, including Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning and Nine Horses: Poems. It … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem for I Forgot Day, Billy Collins, Forgetfulness, I Forgot Day
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TCS: Musings and Poetry for Little Pampered Dog Day
Good Morning! ________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Billy Collins, Corey Ford, Francesco Marciuliano, Musings and Poetry for Little Pampered Dog Day, Unknown Author
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A Poem for National Audubon Day
April 26, 1785 – John James Audubon is born, American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter best know for his extensive studies of American birds and his detailed illustrations of the birds in their natural habitats. The Birds of America is his masterwork, a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem for National Audubon Day, Billy Collins, John James Audubon, National Audubon Day, The Birds of America, U.S. Poet Laureate
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TCS: One Little Room an Everywhere – Life in a Plague Year
. .Good Morning! __________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. __________________________________ … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Ada Limón, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Donne, Joy Harjo, One Little Room an Everywhere – Life in a Plague Year, TCS
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TCS: Some Rain Must Fall – Poems for World Meteorological Day
. . Good Morning! _______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Billy Collins, Edith Sitwell, Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Takahama Kyoshi, TCS, Thomas Campion, World Meteorological Day
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ON THIS DAY: March 22, 2020
March 22nd is As Young As You Feel Day World Water Day * Bavarian Cream Crepes Day National Goof-Off Day World Day of Metta * International Day of the Seal _________________________________________ MORE! Ruth Page, Katsuko Saruhashi and Pia Cayetano, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anthony van Dyck, Billy Collins, Caroline Sheridan Norton, Katsuko Saruhashi, Pia Cayetano, Ruth Page, Valeri Polyakov
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TCS: Poems for Read Across America Day
. .Good Morning! _________________________________ 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. … Continue reading