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    From George J. Dance@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 18 10:56:54 2022
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    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    December, by Ina Coolbrith
    [...]
    Shut the door, and close the blind:
    We shall have the bitter wind,
    We shall have the dreary rain
    Striving, driving at the pane.
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-ina-coolbrith.html

    #pennyspoems

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Dec 18 17:41:17 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    December, by Ina Coolbrith
    [...]
    Shut the door, and close the blind:
    We shall have the bitter wind,
    We shall have the dreary rain
    Striving, driving at the pane.
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-ina-coolbrith.html

    #pennyspoems

    Good find, George, definitely an obscure poem and poet, to me, at least.

    🙂

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to George J. Dance on Sun Dec 18 22:36:58 2022
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    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    December, by Ina Coolbrith
    [...]
    Shut the door, and close the blind:
    We shall have the bitter wind,
    We shall have the dreary rain
    Striving, driving at the pane.
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-ina-coolbrith.html

    #pennyspoems

    A San Francisco poet... cool... I was near there for 4 years in the Navy on Alameda Island...


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Coolbrith

    *************** Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of
    California",[1] she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state ****************

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  • From General-Zod@21:1/5 to Will Dockery on Wed Dec 21 20:44:27 2022
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    Will Dockery wrote:

    On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 5:40:13 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    December, by Ina Coolbrith
    [...]
    Shut the door, and close the blind:
    We shall have the bitter wind,
    We shall have the dreary rain
    Striving, driving at the pane.
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-ina-coolbrith.html

    #pennyspoems
    A San Francisco poet... cool... I was near there for 4 years in the Navy on Alameda Island...


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Coolbrith

    *************** Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of
    California",[1] she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state ****************

    Interesting find, Zod, Ina C. is new to me.

    :)

    Ina Coolbrith is a lovely and talented poet from out vast poetry history ... she deserves a remembrance....

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  • From W.Dockery@21:1/5 to General-Zod on Thu Dec 22 03:07:56 2022
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    General-Zod wrote:

    Will Dockery wrote:

    On Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 5:40:13 PM UTC-5, Zod wrote:
    George J. Dance wrote:

    Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
    December, by Ina Coolbrith
    [...]
    Shut the door, and close the blind:
    We shall have the bitter wind,
    We shall have the dreary rain
    Striving, driving at the pane.
    [...]
    https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/12/december-ina-coolbrith.html

    #pennyspoems
    A San Francisco poet... cool... I was near there for 4 years in the Navy on Alameda Island...


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Coolbrith

    *************** Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of
    California",[1] she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state ****************

    Interesting find, Zod, Ina C. is new to me.

    :)

    Ina Coolbrith is a lovely and talented poet from out vast poetry history ... she deserves a remembrance....


    Agreed.

    🙂

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