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A Famous Poet’s Poem About Poetry
Happy Birthday to Marianne Moore! Marianne Moore (1887-1972) was born on November 15, 1887, in Kirkwood, Missouri; influential American poet, critic, editor, and translator. In 1952, her book, Collected Poems, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for Poetry. … Continue reading
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reposted in honor of National Poetry Month by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m sure you’ve been longing to know how I choose my subjects each week. It’s different every time, but this week will give you an idea. At the beginning of April, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged April, Butterfly, Louise Glück, National Book Award for Poetry, National Poetry Month, U.S. Poet Laureate
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A Poem for Walking the Dog Day
Howard Nemerov (1920-1991) was an American poet. In 1978, he won the National Book Award for Poetry, the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and the Bollingen Prize for his collection, The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov. Nemerov served as poetry consultant to … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for Walking the Dog Day, Academy of American Poets, Bollingen Prize, Howard Nemerov, National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
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A Poem for World Turtle Day
by Mary Oliver: The Turtle breaks from the blue-black skin of the water, dragging her shell with its mossy scutes across the shallows and through the rushes and over the mudflats, to the uprise, to the yellow sand, to dig … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, Poetry
Tagged Endangered Species, Mary Oliver, National Book Award for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, The Turtle, World Turtle Day
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Word Cloud: BUTTERFLY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I’m sure you’ve been longing to know how I choose my subjects each week. It’s different every time, but this week will give you an idea. At the beginning of April, I printed out a list of poets … Continue reading
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