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Wednesday Poetry Café (December 8)

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Welcome to another Poetry Cafe on Coffee & Literature.  I’m actually writing this from Starbucks, so I guess it is fitting that today is Poetry Cafe day!  Ok, back on topic…This week’s poem comes from Poetry.com.  It is entitled “The … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Café (November 24)

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I know I haven’t done a poetry cafe in a while, so I thought I’d take a break before I start NaNoWriMo-ing and do one.  This week’s selection is a poem by the great Edgar Allan Poe.  Since my NaNoWriMo … Continue reading →

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Ariel: The Restored Edition

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

Having read The Bell Jar within the past month or so, I thought that it would be good to also read Sylvia Plath’s collection of poems entitled Ariel, after one of the poems in the book.  I actually taught both … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Café (September 29)

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At long last, I’ve finally been able to do another Poetry Café post.  I’ve been reading Ariel by Sylvia Plath, and it has honestly taken me longer than any book of poetry should simply because I’ve been only reading a … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Café (August 4)

Posted on August 4, 2010 by

I’m not normally one for haiku poems, but I thought I’d include one this week.  For those who don’t know, a haiku is s a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 moras (or on), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Café (July 28)

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

I love Shakespearean sonnets, and I have rarely gotten to have any dealings with them since they are seen in Senior level literature and I have only taught Sophomores & Juniors.  So I thought we might all need a little … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Poetry Café (July 21)

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Today’s poetry café selection is from a book that is dear to my heart, as one of my own relatives, Miriam Reid Anderson, wrote the poem and was able to get her book, Gather the Moon-Mist, published by Arthur Commercial Press. … Continue reading →

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