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Tag Archives: Shel Silverstein
ON THIS DAY: September 25, 2020
September 25 is First Comic Book Day * One-Hit Wonder Day World Dream Day * National Quesadilla Day National Psychotherapy Day * Research Administrators Day Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims * _________________________________ MORE! Lilian Ngoyi, Shel Silverstein and Doris … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SWELTERING
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading
Word Cloud: SUBVERSIVE
NOTE: This was originally posted on September 9, 2015, and was reprinted September 21, 2018. It has been re-formatted, but the message remains timely, without needing updating. Because the Power Seekers are always with us. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Whenever … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Books for Young People, Buy Books, Freedom of the Press, Ingela Arrhenius, Power Seekers, Read Books, Shel Silverstein, Subversive
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TCS: Stocking the Pantry in a Plague Year
. . 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 … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 25, 2019
September 25 is First Comic Book Day * One-Hit Wonder Day World Dream Day * National Quesadilla Day National Psychotherapy Day * Research Administrators Day Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims * _____________________________________ MORE! Lilian Ngoyi,Shel Silverstein and Doris Matsui, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged bell hooks, Cherrie Moraga, Christopher Reeve, Doris Okada Matsui, Lilian Masediba Ngoyi, Pedro Almodóvar, Shel Silverstein
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TCS: Hinges On Our Heads – Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day
. . . 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Dick Francis, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Hinges On Our Heads, Maranda Russell, Poems for Wonderful Weirdos Day, Shel Silverstein, TCS
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TCS – Something Greater: Poems for Give Something Away Day
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
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Alberto Ríos, Hollie McNish, Pablo Picasso, Poems for Give Something Away Day, Robert Graves, Shel Silverstein, Something Greater, TCS
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CROCODILE’S TOOTHACHE – Poem for Toothache Day
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages. ________________________ To read Shel Silverstein’s poem, Crocodile’s Toothache, click here:
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Crocodile’s Toothache, Humor or Humour, Shel Silverstein, Toothache Day, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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A Poem for National Puzzle Day
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages. _________________________________ For his poem, Picture Puzzle Piece, click here:
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem for National Puzzle Day, Picture Puzzle Piece, Shel Silverstein
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Word Cloud: JOCUND (Redux)
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
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Denise Duhamel, Dorothy Parker, Edward Lear, Gelett Burgess, Jocund, Langston Hughes, Mother Goose, Shel Silverstein
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