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Word Cloud: ACTIVIST
(reposted in honor of Women’s History Month) by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Ask two hundred people on the main streets across America to name American women poets — if they came up with anyone, almost certainly it would be Emily Dickinson, … Continue reading
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Tagged Activist, American Women’s Poetry, Feminist, Judaism, Marge Piercy, Women's History Month
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A Poem for Women’s History Month
Ada Limón (1976- ) is the author of Lucky Wreck, The Carrying, Bright Dead Things, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Sharks in the Rivers. _________________________ To read her poem, How to Triumph Like a Girl, click
Posted in History, Poetry
Tagged Ada Limón, How to Triumph Like a Girl, March is Women's History Month, Women's History Month
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Word Cloud: RULEBREAKER (Redux – Women’s History Month)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD My Theatre Arts teacher in high school told me: “You should know the rules before you break them.” It wasn’t an original thought, but most thoughts aren’t – after all, about 108 billion people have been living and … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Carson, Bertolt Brecht, Charles Laughton, Classical Greek, Jean-Luc Godard, Rulebreaker, Women's History Month
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Word Cloud: OUTSIDER (Redux – Women’s History Month)
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 Kay Ryan, Outsider, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Tarot Cards, U.S. Poet Laureate, Women's History Month
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Word Cloud: ACTIVIST (REDUX – Women’s History Month)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Ask two hundred people on the main streets across America to name American women poets — if they came up with anyone, almost certainly it would be Emily Dickinson, and most would stop there, though a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Activist, Cats, Feminism, Gardening, Marge Piercy, What Are Big Girls Made Of?, Women's History Month
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Word Cloud: SENSATIONAL
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Overnight sensation” – the star who bursts on the scene, seemingly out of nowhere, so often is someone who has labored unappreciated at their craft for years. At the end of the 20th century, Australian poetry was … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Aristophanes, Basho, David Malouf, Dorothy Porter, Sensational, The Monkey's Mask, Women's History Month
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Word Cloud: CONFLUENCES
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Susan Ludvigson is a paradox. She has published nine collections of poetry, and a couple of chapbooks, but her “biography” listings are one or two paragraphs about the number of fellowships she’s been awarded, and that she … Continue reading
Word Cloud: INNER-B!ȾȻH
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Originally posted on July 15, 2016 – I still feel under the weather, so I’m giving you a “golden oldie” this week that’s in keeping with Women’s History Month. :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: I normally try to abstain from vulgar … Continue reading
Word Cloud: ACTIVIST
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD March is Women’s History Month, so I’ll be talking about women poets this month. Ask two hundred people on the main streets across America to name American women poets — if they came up with anyone, almost … Continue reading
Word Cloud: RULEBREAKER
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD My Theatre Arts teacher in high school told me: “You should know the rules before you break them.” It wasn’t an original thought, but most thoughts aren’t – after all, about 108 billion people have been living and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Anne Carson, Bertolt Brecht, Elektra, Emily Brontë., Jezebel, Rulebreaker, Sophocles' Antigone, Women's History Month
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