Poetry: My Loves by Langston HughesI love to see the big white moon, A-shining in the sky;I love to see the little stars, When the shadow clouds go by.Read More Song In My Head: History by Mos Def w/Talib Kweli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Z8X_bgEpw Art: Titus Kaphar’s A Pillow for Fragile Fictions Photo credit: kapharstudio.com Quote: “The African …
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Poetry: How I Pray in the Plague by Kwame DawesIn these silences, the bubbles of hurt are indistinguishable from the terrorthat lurks in the body – the phrase, “ecstasies of starvation” will have a musicthat lures us to peace, but how do I stay with a tender heart of …
Poetry: Naming the Baby by Yesenia MontillaI couldn’t bring myselfto read through Breonna’s socialmedia but some say she believed 2020would be her year. She evenRead More Song In My Head:Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE Art: Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Anxious Drawing Photo credit: hauserwirth.com Quote: “I had no idea that …
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Poetry: Leave No Trace by Maggie DietzNo gate, no main entrance, no ticket, no ranger. Not farFrom where Frost once raised chickens and ill-fated children, nearWhere the Old Man’s glacier-hewn face though bolstered toIts godlike roost by rods and turnbuckles slidFrom our fledgling millennium into oblivion,Read More Song In My Head: Evie’s Tears …
Poetry: Yearnings For Home by Frances Ellen Watkins HarperOh let me go I’m weary hereAnd fevers scorch my brain,I long to feel my native airBreathe o’er each burning vein.Read More Song In My Head: Stand By Me by Ranky Tanky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOF7FWv-BsU Art: Aaron Douglas’s Judgement Day Photo credit: nga.gov Quote: “Don’t try to lessen yourself …
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