Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

TCS: A Wild Thing Lurking There

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Word Cloud: WINTERDARK II

Updated – originally posted in 2017  by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In the Northern Hemisphere, we are just a day away from the longest night of the year, and then the sun will linger moments longer each day until the Summer … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: DARKNESS

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The pages of our calendars are flying off like autumn leaves. To the delight of children, we are nearing that annual candy-scavenge in America: Halloween. Our celebrations of the eerie and macabre are pretty bland compared to … Continue reading

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TCS: Poems for You Matter to Me Day

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First Heard: ‘Water Music’

Updated – Originally posted on July 17, 2016 ________________________________________ I don’t envy Royalty very often – I’ve never had a lust for power, and most of the job just looks tedious and stuffy to me. But I would love to be able … Continue reading

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TCS: Poems for National Repeat Day

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

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Word Cloud: EVER-AFTER (Redux)

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Next week I’ll be back, hard at work, but my husband and I are on Part 36 of our Never-Ending Honeymoon for a few more days. I leave for you two poems. I wrote the first … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: April 26, 2019

April 26th is National Audubon Day * Kids and Pets Day Lesbian Visibility Day National Pretzel Day Richter Scale Day * World Intellectual Property Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Natalie Curtis, Charles Richter and Marilyn Nelson, click

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ON THIS DAY: April 23, 2019

April 23rd is UN English Language Day * Lost Dog Awareness Day * Talk Like Shakespeare Day * World Book and Copyright Day * Impossible Astronaut Day (Dr. Who) * ____________________________________ MORE! William Shakespeare, Unity Dow and John Oliver, click

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