Poetry: In Tall Grass by Carl SandburgBees and a honeycomb in the dried head of a horse in a pasture corner – a skull in the tall grass and a buzz and a buzz of the yellow honey-hunters.Read More Lyrical: Bed Head by Manchester OrchestraI am what I am, same …
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Care Package for Monday, May 3, 2021
Poetry: Eating the Cookies by Jane KenyonThe cousin from Maine, knowingabout her diverticulitis, let out the nuts,so the cookies weren’t entirely to my taste,but they were good enough; yes, good enough.Read More Lyrical: Such Great Heights by Joy Kills SorrowI have to speculate/That God Himself did make/Us into corresponding shapes/Like puzzle pieces from the clay …
Care Package for Sunday, May 2, 2021
Poetry: American Smooth by Rita DoveWe were dancing – it must havebeen a foxtrot or a waltz,something romantic butrequiring restraint,Read More Lyrical: The Saint of Lost Causes by Justin Townes EarleIt’s a cruel world/But it ain’t hard to understand/You got your sheep, got your shepherds/Got your wolves amongst men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpuEM91HHY Art: Allen Jones’ [untitled] Photo …
Care Package for Saturday, May 1, 2021
Poetry: A Wish by Joshua Henry Jones, Jr.When your joys are of the sweetest And your heart is light and free;When your griefs are skimming fleetest, Love, one moment think of me.Read More Lyrical: I Against I by Massive Attack and Mos DefTwo of a kind but one won’t survive/My images reflect in …
Care Package for Friday, April 30, 2021
Poetry: If You Knew by Ruth Muskrat BronsonIf you could know the empty ache of loneliness, Masked well behind the calm indifferent faceOf us who pass you by in studied hurriedness, Intent upon our way, lest the little spaceRead More Lyrical: How to Fight Loneliness by WilcoYou laugh …