Poetry: Revery by Fenton Johnson 1.I was the starlightI was the moonlightI was the sunset,Read More Song In My Head: Tryin’ Times by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxaBpiQGWP0 Art: Mark Bradford’s Butch Queen Photo credit: albrightknox.org Quote: “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of …
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Poetry: Difference by Nate KlugTalk to you tonight,I wrote this morning, knowingit would only be the afternoonwhere you are, will be,Read More Song In My Head: Universe & U by KT Tunstall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMD2Riybg0E Art: Sumerian Standing female worshipper Photo credit: epicurious.com Quote: “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and …
Poetry: Realization by Marilyn NelsonThree-quarter size. Full size would break the heart.She, still bare-breasted from the auction block,sits staring, perhaps realizing whatwill happen to them next. There is no child,Read More Song In My Head: Come Ye by Sweet Honey In the Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2qH44gt8xA Art: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Dustheads Photo credit: jean-michel-basquiat.org Quote: “Education …
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Poetry: The World Book by Patricia HooperWhen the woman in blue sergeheld up the sun, my motheropened the storm door, takingthe whole volume of SRead More Song In My Head: Satellite City by KIMOCK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qls1NTc22Q Art: Peter Paul Rubens’ Bust of Pseudo-Seneca Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Sunday is the golden clasp that binds together the …
Poetry: Eve Remembering by Toni Morrison1I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its free.My hands were warmed by the heat of an appleFire red and humming.Read More Song In My Head: Drone Bomb Me by Anohni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEoic7ro_o Art: Loïs Mailou Jones’ Young Man In Red Sweater Photo credit: americanart.si.edu Quote: “You’ve got to …
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