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TCS: I Have Seen Flowers Come in Stony Places

Good Morning! __________________________________________ He loves his country best who strives to make it best. – Robert Ingersoll, humanist _______________________ The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage.– Thucydides

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TCS: A Garden of Inexhaustible Language

Good Morning! __________________________________________ “Still, no one finally knows what a poet is supposedeither to be or to do. Especially in this country, onetakes on the job—because all that one does in Americais considered a “job”— with no clear sense as to … Continue reading

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TCS: “Poetry, like bread, is for everyone”

Good Morning! __________________________________________ Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. – Thomas Gray Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.– Aristotle

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TCS: Spring’s Perfect Imminent Hour

Good Morning! __________________________________________ “What potent blood hath modest May.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson “… honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents …” – Samuel Scoville Jr., … Continue reading

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TCS: To Live the Ways We Want to Live

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 comment. _____________________________ “Black Poets … Continue reading

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TCS: Time to Be Dazzled

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 comment. _____________________________ The poet … Continue reading

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TCS: Postcards from the Place Where Dreams Are

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 comment. _____________________________ “Keep the … Continue reading

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TCS: Dancing and Not Dying, I Sing to You in the Mornings

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 comment. _____________________________ Publishing a … Continue reading

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TCS: Dragon-Seekers, Bent on Impossible Rescues

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 comment. _____________________________  “…Writing is … Continue reading

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TCS: Music So Sweet It Makes the Air Remember

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 comment. _____________________________ “The world … Continue reading

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