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Tag Archives: Lucille Clifton
TCS: Write Where We Are Now – Poetry of the Pandemic
.. 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. ______________________________ “We need the … Continue reading
TCS: Poems for Black Women in Jazz & the Arts Day
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. ______________________________ I walked into the … Continue reading
Word Cloud: ESSENCE
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
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged African American, Being Black in America, Black History, Cancer, Charlie Parker, Essence, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton
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Word Cloud: DREAM
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
Posted in Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Alice Walker, Black History Month, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Martin Luther King Jr, Robert Hayden
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Word Cloud: DREAM
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
Poems for National Black Poetry Day
_____________________________________________ cutting greens by Lucille Clifton curling them around i hold their bodies in obscene embrace thinking of everything but kinship. collards and kale strain against each strange other away from my kissmaking hand and the iron bedpot. the pot … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States
Tagged Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, National Black Poetry Day
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Word Cloud: ESSENCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Essence – ‘the indispensable quality of something that determines its character’ – I consider it poetry’s holy grail. Taking language down to just the exact words needed, eliminating anything that could distract from what’s essential. Lucille Clifton (1936-2010) is a master of essence. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Black History Month, Charlie 'Bird' Parker, Essence, Langston Hughes, Lucifer, Lucille Clifton
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