Tag Archives: U.S. Poet Laureate

Word Cloud: MIDLIFE

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

reposted in honor of Women’s History Month 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Poem for Walking the Dog Day

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

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 →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , ,

Word Cloud: MIGRANT (Hispanic Heritage Month)

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

Hispanic Heritage Month (annually in the U.S. from September 15 to October 15) is an acknowledgement of the many contributions to the culture, intellectual enrichment and economic prosperity of the U.S. made by Americans whose families came here from Central … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Word Cloud: RECOGNITION

Posted on September 20, 2019 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Word Cloud: MIDLIFE (Redux)

Posted on June 7, 2019 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Word Cloud: OUTSIDER (Redux – Women’s History Month)

Posted on March 22, 2019 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

World Poetry Day: A Poem by Billy Collins

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

reprinted from 2017 and 2018 It’s World Poetry Day again. Even if you think you don’t like poetry, I’m betting that you will like Billy Collins. He wrote the poem “Introduction to Poetry” about what he’d like people to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments