National Poetry Month: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay Quote: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln Song: “Ruination Day (Part 1)” and “Ruination Day (Part 2)” by Gillian Welch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjX2ztmjLk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp1xCJa-SJE Place: Ford’s Theater, …
Month: April 2019
Care Package for April 13, 2019
National Poetry Month: The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote: “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke Song: “Books of War” by MF Doom featuring RZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCp0kJYF30 Place: Colorado Photo credit: coloradoscenics.com History: On …
Care Package for April 12, 2019
National Poetry Month: Heckyll & Jeckyll by Frank Lima Quote: “We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.” – Philip Pullman Song: “Want You Back” by Haim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPQfcG-eimk Place: Lake …
Care Package for April 11, 2019
National Poetry Month: For Amy Lowell by Countee Cullen Quote: “I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.” – Kurt Cobain Song: “One Big Love” by Patty Griffin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLUqsCg92Mk Place: Washington, D.C. Photo credit: thrillist.com History: On April 11, 1814, Napoleon abdicated leadership of France without conditions and …
Care Package for April 10, 2019
National Poetry Month: The Quiet Hour by Jonathan David Quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” – Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Song: “It’s Thunder and It’s Lightning” by We Were Promised Jetpacks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6shmJaOD3Q Place: Dozza, Italy Photo credit: touropia.com History: On April 10, …
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