Poetry: A New National Anthem by Ada LimónThe truth is, I’ve never cared for the NationalAnthem. If you think about it, it’s not a goodsong. Too high for most of us with “the rockets’red glare” and then there are the bombs.(Always, always there is war and bombs.)Read More Song In My Head: This Land is …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
Poetry: Youth by Tom SleighSmelling of sweet resin the Aleppo pines’shadows grow taller by the hour. Two identicaltwin boys chase each other through the shadows,Read More Song In My Head: Mellow My Man by The Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVqPBe_K5k Art: Gustave Le Gray’s [Oak Tree and Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau] Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “There …
Care Package for Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021
Poetry: Peace Path by Heid E. ErdrichThis path our people walkedone hundred two hundred endless yearssince the tall grass opens for usand we breathed the incense that sun on prairie …
Care Package for Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
Poetry: Fountain by Ari BaniasYou recount the history of the French garden.From above, I see tight rows of trees beside threadbare grass.When the language teacher talks about le capitalisme:Read More Song In My Head: Passin’ Me By by The Pharcyde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-mAK3uB2_0 Art: Martin Schongauer’s Griffin Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Trust your …
Care Package for Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
Poetry: Nothing by Krysten HillI ask a student how I can help her. Nothing is on her paper.It’s been that way for thirty-five minutes. She has a headache.She asks to leave early. Maybe I asked the wrong question. Read More Song In My Head: If It Makes You Happy by Michael Cera Palin …
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