Tag Archives: U.S. Poet Laureate

Word Cloud: CONVERGENCE

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing a weekly column about poetry is sometimes frustrating. It’s a subject that so many people in my country find “irrelevant” to Modern Life. But if three contestants in this week’s Jeopardy! Teachers’ Tournament had been … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EXILE

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) was born as Iosif Alexandrochich Brodsky, in Leningrad, on May 24, 1940. He left school at the age of fifteen, taking jobs in a morgue, a mill, a ship’s boiler room, and on … Continue reading →

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WORLD POETRY DAY: A Poem by Billy Collins

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

reprinted from 2017 It’s World Poetry Day again. Even if you think you don’t like poetry, I’m betting that you will like Billy Collins. ________________________________________________ Here’s a poem he wrote about what he’d like people to get out of his … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: OUTSIDER

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Recognition. A word that can mean someone’s work has been honored, ‘recognized’ for excellence, but also can mean that moment when a person feels a lighting strike of connection to an artist’s work, whatever the media … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: ALCHEMIST

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There’s a wide spectrum of relationships between poets and readers. Some poets write with a searing clarity, and some write as if daring you to make any sense of their poems. Some write poems so personal … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: MIDLIFE

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I guess it’s human nature to try to make things fit, whether it’s putting on roof tiles, or papers we need to file, or sorting the animal kingdom into family, genus and species – most of … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: PRAIRIE

Posted on April 28, 2017 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This week, my husband and I are celebrating our 34th wedding anniversary, so I’m just going to give you a brief introduction to one of my all- time favorite poets, then let you explore on your … Continue reading →

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