Tag Archives: Langston Hughes

Word Cloud: ESSENCE

Posted on June 19, 2020 by wordcloud9

Essence was originally posted in February 2017, for Black History Month.It seems timely to republish it during the ongoing national discussion ofRacism in America. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Essence – ‘the indispensable quality of something that determines its character’ – I … Continue reading →

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TCS: Each Day Bears Witness – Riots in a Plague Year

Posted on June 1, 2020 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. … Continue reading →

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Fragments of a Life: Lorraine Hansberry

Posted on May 19, 2020 by wordcloud9

Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) was born on this day, May 19. She was 34 years old when she died after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. She is remembered for her first play, A Raisin in the Sun, which opened on … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 1, 2020

Posted on February 1, 2020 by wordcloud9

February 1st is Robinson Crusoe Day * Baked Alaska Day * Change Password Day * National Wear Red Day * National Freedom Day * National Get Up Day * Spunky Old Broads Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Leila Denmark, Langston Hughes and Leymah Gbowee, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DREAM

Posted on January 31, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD February is Black History Month in the United States. When Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in 1963, he wasn’t the first African-American to talk about a dream for a … Continue reading →

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TCS: Morning After Calamity – A Kaleidoscope of Poets of Color

Posted on October 28, 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 add a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 2, 2019 by wordcloud9

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ON THIS DAY: February 1, 2019

Posted on February 1, 2019 by wordcloud9

February 1st is Robinson Crusoe Day * Baked Alaska Day * Change Your Password Day * National Freedom Day * National Get Up Day * Spunky Old Broads Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Leila Denmark, Langston Hughes and Leymah Gbowee, click

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Word Cloud: JOCUND (Redux)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Survival sometimes hangs on unlikely skills. The Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus) has been dubbed ‘The Jesus Christ Lizard’ because it can run short distances on the surface of water when escaping from predators. The Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) developed the … Continue reading →

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TCS: Some Things Far Outside the Beltway that will Make You Laugh

Posted on October 1, 2018 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 … Continue reading →

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