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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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Tagged I Have Seen Flowers Come in Stony Places, Poets born in May and June, TCS
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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
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
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
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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