Tag Archives: Joseph Brodsky

The Colour of Civilization

Posted on March 31, 2022 by wordcloud9

by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.” –Joseph Brodsky Part Of Speech by Joseph Brodsky …and when “the future” is uttered, swarms of mice rush out of the Russian language and gnaw a piece of … Continue reading →

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TCS: Two Poets, One Day Apart, Six Poems

Posted on May 24, 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. ______________________________ We … 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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ON THIS DAY: May 24, 2020

Posted on May 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 24th is Escargot Day International Tiara Day National Scavenger Hunt Day World Schizophrenia Day * Aviation Maintenance Technician Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Ynes Mexia, Joseph Brodsky and Valerie Taylor, click

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Word Cloud: MAYDEEP (Redux)

Posted on May 31, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Now is the month of maying” says the old song by Thomas Morley. Our month of maying is drawing to a close, but we have explored far more than spring romance. Many of these end-of-May poets have taken … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 24, 2019

Posted on May 24, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 24th is Escargot Day International Tiara Day National Scavenger Hunt Day World Schizophrenia Day * Aviation Maintenance Technician Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Ynes Mexia, Joseph Brodsky and Valerie Taylor, click

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Word Cloud: WINDOWS (Redux)

Posted on December 21, 2018 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic. ………………………… – Dave Eggers The view from Dave Eggers’ bathroom window is a close match to the view from my kitchen window. Most … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 24, 2018

Posted on May 24, 2018 by wordcloud9

May 24th is National Memory Day National Escargot Day National Scavenger Hunt Day World Schizophrenia Day * Aviation Maintenance Technician Day * _________________________________________ MORE! John Hancock, Sarah Hale and Joseph Brodsky, click

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Word Cloud: EXILE

Posted on May 4, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was born as Iosif Alexandrochich Brodsky, in Leningrad, on May 24, 1940. He left school at the age of fifteen, taking jobs in a morgue, a mill, a ship’s boiler room, and on … Continue reading →

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