Poetry: Villanelle by Otto Leland BohananHow dreary the winds shriek and whine: The trembling shadows grow chill.O soul of my soul, wert thou mine!Read More Song In My Head: Dance Tonight by Lucy Pearl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmPzKXO09aA Art: Shinique Smith’s Open Secret Photo credit: shiniquesmith.com Quote: “Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” – Dr. …
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Poetry:Ask Me Why I Love You by Walter Everette HawkinsAsk me why I love you, dear, And I will ask the roseWhy it loves the dews of Spring At the Winter’s close;Read More Song In My Head: The Painter by I’m From Barcelona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2FQWNbBJZE Art: Osservanza Master’s Saint Anthony the Abbott in …
Poetry: Interpretation of a Poem by Frost by Thylias MossA young black girl stopped by the woods,so young she know only one man: Jim Crowbut she wasn’t allowed to call him Mister.Read More Song In My Head: Use Me by Bill Withers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuYDKzky4z0 Art: Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Man Who Rented Boats Photo credit: americanart.si.edu …
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Poetry: Coyote by Alexander PoseyA few days more, and thenThere’ll be no secret glen,Or hollow, deep and dim,To hide or shelter him.Read More Song In My Head: 16 Days by Whiskeytown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wyF2VrcFSI Art: Enoch Wood Perry’s A Month’s Darning Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Better a brain than a fist. A brain can hold anything, from …
Poetry: Haikus by Willie Perdomo33.This evening’s Black soundWalks like a cat on grass bladesYour nickname two-stepsRead More Song In My Head: It’s All Right by The Impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LLwC7N1h8 Art: Mickalene Thomas’s Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe Les Trois Femme Noires Photo credit: mickalenethomas.com Quote: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged …
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