Tag Archives: Edward Hirsch

Religious Freedom Day: A Humanist Activist Mystic Christian Philosopher

Posted on January 15, 2021 by wordcloud9

Religious Freedom Day was established on January 16th by the U.S. Congress in 1992. It celebrates the enactment in 1786 of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, who asked that his tombstone recognize that he was … Continue reading →

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TCS: With Lifted Hearts Singing – Poems for Labor Day

Posted on September 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

. 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 burninga hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. … Continue reading →

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TCS: With Lifted Head Singing – Poems for Labor Day 2019

Posted on September 2, 2019 by wordcloud9

. . .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 … Continue reading →

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A Poem for the Day of Simone Weil’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2019 by wordcloud9

Simone Weil (1909-1943), was a French philosopher, Christian mystic and political activist. Disregarding her frail health, Weil worked for a year in factories to better understand the working people she was trying to help as a trade unionist. She was described … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EVERYDAY

Posted on April 6, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I wrote this poem after opening my copy of For the Sleepwalkers to begin work on an earlier, shorter version of this profile, which I originally published at another website. There was still a faint smokiness in the … Continue reading →

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