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Tag Archives: Lynda Hull
A Poem for the Lunar New Year
Lynda Hull (1954-1994), American Poet; as a teenager, she ran away from home. For the next several years, Hull lived in various Chinatowns across North America and married a Chinese immigrant. After reconnecting with her family in the early 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged A Poem for the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, Lynda Hull
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Word Cloud: CHIAROSCURO
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For several years now, Right Wing think tanks and other revisionists have striven to convince us that “Black Slavery Wasn’t as Bad as You’ve Been Taught.” Since the people putting this theory out there are white, and have … Continue reading
Posted in History, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Adrienne Rich, Black History Month, Camille T. Dungy, Chiaroscuro, Lynda Hull, Philip Levine, Tell It Slant
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A Poem for Chinese New Year
Lynda Hull (1954-1994), American Poet; as a teenager, she ran away from home. For the next several years, Hull lived in various Chinatowns across North America and married a Chinese immigrant. After reconnecting with her family in the early 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged Chinese New Year, Lynda Hull, National Endowment for the Arts, Pushcart Prize
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Word Cloud: SUMMER-LONG
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season here in the Northern Hemisphere is the Summer Solstice. The Solstice this year began at 6:07 AM, U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged John Koethe, Lynda Hull, Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Sara Teasdale, Stacie Cassarino, Summer-long
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Word Cloud: CHIAROSCURO
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For several years now, Right Wing think tanks and other revisionists have striven to convince us that “Black Slavery Wasn’t as Bad as You’ve Been Taught.” Since the people putting this theory out there are white, and have … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Racism, Word Cloud
Tagged Adrienne Rich, Camille T. Dungy, Emily Dickinson, Josephine Jacobsen, Lynda Hull, Philip Levine, Slavery
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Word Cloud: SOLSTICE
by Nona Blyth Cloud While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season is the Summer Solstice, which this year begins at 6:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 20. I’ve decided … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Summer, Word Cloud
Tagged John Koethe, June, Lynda Hull, Mary Oliver, Sara Teasdale, SOLSTICE, Stacie Cassarino
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