Sonja N. Bohm

My bilingual poems 🇺🇸|🇵🇹 inspired by a Garden. The Garden is Portugal | Promoter of the poetry of Florence Earle Coates | Occasional editor of wikis

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Join poet Sonja N. Bohm on Monday night, June 29 for a reading from 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘖𝘸𝘯 at the Tuckahoe Area Library in Richmond.

"An enjoyable set of works..." — 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘬𝘶𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴

#poetryreading @henricolibrary #RVA https://t.co/UM08vVMPHJ

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@sDrewth It's good to be reminded of your plain, unvarnished honesty. It is refreshing.

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#travel #relationships #poetry
Portugal-inspired English-language poems by Sonja N. Bohm, shaped by an encounter with the Lisbon landscape and drawn from bilingual work composed simultaneously in English and Portuguese during the author’s introduction to the Portuguese language.

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“In this understated but affecting set of poems, Bohm masterfully connects natural landscapes with human interactions … An enjoyable set of works that, at its best, finds connections between nature and human sociability.” — 𝑲𝒊𝒓𝒌𝒖𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔

#poetry #travel #Portugal

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An imagined hour along the River #Tejo (Tagus)—290. THE ESTUARY (A LITANY) | O ESTUÁRIO (UMA LITANIA), a poem by Sonja N. Bohm written for the Pobre Ícaro (Poor Icarus) collection of bilingual poems inspired by Portugal. Follow at https://t.co/HCfgBWLISc for more bilingual poems!

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🎧 LEMBRA-TE DAS FLORES (REMEMBER THE FLOWERS), a poem by Sonja N. Bohm read here in English. This poem was written for the Pobre Ícaro (Poor Icarus) collection of bilingual poems inspired by #Portugal 🌺 For text in #Portuguese, visit my Facebook post at https://t.co/eDH2TBYWA7

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A daybook of the complete poems of Philadelphia poet Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) compiled by Sonja N. Bohm. Now at Amazon! https://t.co/2wKjIx1MVw

"Our days by deeds are numbered,—and by dreams, / If we dream well and nobly..." —Florence Earle Coates

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After a decades-long search into the life, times & works of Florence Earle Coates, compiler Sonja N. Bohm created her Wikipedia article and transcribed her complete works to Wikisource—giving Coates a voice in the digital age so that her words might endure for future generations.

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"If her mentor, Matthew Arnold, was 'priest of the unknown,' then Florence Earle Coates was its priestess..." —Sonja N. Bohm (Compiler) https://t.co/bxlDBS1Nqa 📅 OUR DAYS BY DEEDS AND DREAMS: A Daybook of Poems by Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) #womenwriters #womenpoets

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Well-regarded during her lifetime, Coates largely faded from modern literary discourse, partly due to a broader cultural shift away from traditional poetic forms and themes. Known for her carefully crafted lyrical style, her #poetry reflects the Romantic and Victorian traditions.

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"If her mentor, Matthew Arnold, was 'priest of the unknown,' then Florence Earle Coates was its priestess..." —Sonja N. Bohm (Compiler) https://t.co/bxlDBS1Nqa 📅 OUR DAYS BY DEEDS AND DREAMS: A Daybook of Poems by Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) #womenwriters #womenpoets

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Also included are 43 of Mrs. Coates' poems on war featuring poems written during #WW1

Ah, well! we talk of war,
But peace is so much kinder,
That all our strife is for
Is just the hope to find her:
And see!—how Spring, with look serene,
Is garlanding her halls in green!

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"If her mentor, Matthew Arnold, was 'priest of the unknown,' then Florence Earle Coates was its priestess..." —Sonja N. Bohm (Compiler) https://t.co/bxlDBS1Nqa 📅 OUR DAYS BY DEEDS AND DREAMS: A Daybook of Poems by Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) #womenwriters #womenpoets

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"If her mentor, Matthew Arnold, was 'priest of the unknown,' then Florence Earle Coates was its priestess..." —Sonja N. Bohm (Compiler) https://t.co/bxlDBS1Nqa 📅 OUR DAYS BY DEEDS AND DREAMS: A Daybook of Poems by Florence Earle Coates (1850-1927) #womenwriters #womenpoets

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What if?
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#VisitPortugal

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@MWilsonKimber @e_j_hayes --> Any insight? Is there convention here?

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@KerritBareetCam Came home to this. It was a cold day, but the sun was just about right.

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@KerritBareetCam They had these in Portugal. They were very fragrant.

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@KerritBareetCam They are beautiful. I don't know the correct terminology, but is a single flower made up of the 5 petlals that encircle the center? Or is a single flower what I am calling a petal?

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@irishpilot17 Yes! Please do.

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@irishpilot17 Love to the family! Hope we get to cross paths some day soon 🤗