Tag Archives: Gwendolyn Brooks

TCS: Two More Poets, Six Poems, Shared Birthday

Posted on June 7, 2021 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 add a comment. ______________________________ When … Continue reading →

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TCS: World Speech Day – Say to the Down-Keepers and the Sun-Slappers

Posted on March 15, 2021 by wordcloud9

. 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. ______________________________ If you want … Continue reading →

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TCS: The Starless Midnight and the Bright Daybreak

Posted on January 18, 2021 by wordcloud9

. 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. ______________________________ Justice in the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 7, 2020

Posted on June 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 7th is Boone Day * Chocolate Ice Cream Day Lee Resolution Day * National VCR Day * _______________________________ MORE! Gwendolyn Brooks, Otto Dix and Annette Lü, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 1, 2020

Posted on May 1, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 1st is Global Love Day * * Chocolate Parfait Day “Loyalty” Day * Silver Star Service Day * International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Calamity Jane, Joseph Heller and Gwendolyn Brooks, click

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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: ONYX (Redux)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 7, 2019

Posted on June 7, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 7th is Boone Day * Chocolate Ice Cream Day Lee Resolution Day * National VCR Day * _______________________________________ MORE! ‘Beau’ Brummell, Gwendolyn Brooks and Otto Dix, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 1, 2019

Posted on May 1, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 1st is Global Love Day * * Chocolate Parfait Day “Loyalty” Day * Silver Star Service Day * International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day * May is International Victorious Woman Month, sponsored by The Victorious Woman Project since 2006 – … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CALL-AND-RESPONSE (Redux – Black History Month)

Posted on February 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

First posted for Black History Month – February 26, 2016.  Updated and expanded – February 8, 2019 by Nona Blyth Cloud Call-and-response is one of the most ancient forms of human expression  — in music, it is a phrase played by … Continue reading →

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