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TCS: Ada Limón’s Instructions on Not Giving Up
Good Morning! _______________________ ‘Love ends. But what if it doesn’t?’ – Ada Limón, from “The Hurting Kind” ‘I want to give you something, or I want to take something from you. But I want to feel the exchange, the warm … Continue reading
A Poem by Ada Limón on Her Birthday
Ada Limón born March 28, 1976, is an American poet of Mexican America heritage, a magazine contributor, and an educator. Her 2015 poetry collection, Bright Dead Things, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry, and in 2018, her … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem by Ada Limon on Her Birthday, Ada Limon, Climate Crisis, Salvage, US Poet Laureate
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A Poem by Rita Dove on Her Birthday
Rita Dove was born August 28, 1952, in Akron, Ohio; American poet and essayist; winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book Thomas and Beulah; U.S. Library of Congress Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, 1993-1995, the first African-American (after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Primer, Rita Dove, US Poet Laureate
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A Poem for Celebration of the Horse Day – by the Newest U.S. Poet Laureate!
I am reposting this poem to celebrate not only horses, but the great news about the appointment of our newest U.S. Poet Laureate. Horses and humans have had a relationship for at least 5,000 years – it hasn’t always been … Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Limón, American Pharoah, Celebration of the Horse Day, US Poet Laureate
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A Poem for World Chocolate Day
World Chocolate Day: July 7, 1550 is the ‘traditional’ date given for chocolate’s arrival in Europe from the “New World” – in the form of a bitter drink from Mexico – but there is evidence that cacao beans were … Continue reading
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Tagged Cacao Beans, Chocolate, Rita Dove, US Poet Laureate, World Chocolate Day
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TCS: Even Gardens, It Seems, Can Set Off Explosions
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. ____________________________ In … Continue reading
Two Poems by Rita Dove on Her Birthday
Rita Dove was born August 28, 1952, in Akron, Ohio; American poet and essayist; winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book Thomas and Beulah; U.S. Library of Congress Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, 1993-1995, the first African-American (after the … Continue reading
TCS: History Within Breathing Distance
. . 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 … Continue reading
Word Cloud: GLANCE
by Nona Blyth Cloud I collect odd bits of historic detail and stray facts. I look for unlikely connections. Sometimes my mind wanders off in a completely new direction in the middle of a sentence, and what I started out … Continue reading
Word Cloud: MIGRANT
by Nona Blyth Cloud “Poetry is a call to action and it also is action. Sometimes we say, “This tragedy, it happened far away. I don’t know what to do. I’m concerned but I’m just dangling in space.” A poem can lead … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Mexico, Poetry, Terrorism, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Charleston, Juan Felipe Herrera, migrant, Paris, US Poet Laureate
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