Tag Archives: Billy Collins

WORLD POETRY DAY: A Billy Collins Poem

Posted on March 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

It’s World Poetry Day again. Even if you think you don’t like poetry, I’m betting that you will like Billy Collins. ________________________________________________________________  Here’s a poem he wrote about what he’d like people to get out of his poems, and what … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WATER

Posted on September 30, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD WATER — after air, the element most essential to our lives. Oceans cover over 70% of the earth’s surface but, as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner of the long grey beard and glittering eye tells us, it’s  Water, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: UNORDINARY

Posted on April 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The rarest, most daunting kind of poetry to write well is obvious yet original, and funny but profound, all at the same time. Typically, young poets start out writing poetry steeped in angst and tortured imagery, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WABI-SABI

Posted on December 25, 2015 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Wabi–sabi (侘寂) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.” Rust, asymmetric shapes, age … Continue reading →

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