Tag Archives: William Butler Yeats

Two Poems for World Bee Day

Posted on May 20, 2021 by wordcloud9

We are bees, and our body is a honeycomb.We made the body, cell by cell we made it. – Rumi (1207-1273) Today is World Bee Day.  On this day in 1734, Anton Janša was born in Carniola (now part of … Continue reading →

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TCS: World Speech Day – Say to the Down-Keepers and the Sun-Slappers

Posted on March 15, 2021 by wordcloud9

. Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ If you want … Continue reading →

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TCS: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name

Posted on August 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

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TCS: Today is My Husband’s Birthday

Posted on July 13, 2020 by wordcloud9

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TCS: Poems for Read Across America Day

Posted on March 2, 2020 by wordcloud9

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Word Cloud: EARFUL

Posted on January 3, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,  Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?  O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,  How can we know the dancer from the dance? – “Among School Children” by W. B. … Continue reading →

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TCS: A Roar of Wings – Poems for National Aviation Day

Posted on August 19, 2019 by wordcloud9

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Word Cloud: PILGRIM-SOUL (Redux)

Posted on June 14, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Next Sunday is Bloomsday, the day in 1904 that the events in the James Joyce novel Ulysses take place. I confess I have only read pieces of it, because it’s so densely written, and some of it I … Continue reading →

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TCS: The Bee-Loud Glade – poems for World Bee Day

Posted on May 20, 2019 by wordcloud9

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TCS: A Cottage in The Land of Heart’s Desire

Posted on April 1, 2019 by wordcloud9

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