November is Native American Heritage Month. Care Packages between now and Nov. 30 will be dedicated to the culture and achievements of Native Americans. Poetry: The Call of the Wild by Alexander PoseyI’m tired of the gloomIn a four-walled room;Heart-weary, I sighFor the open sky,Read More Song In My Head: Electric Pow Wow Drum by …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020
Poetry: Thanks by Yusef KomunyakaaThanks for the treebetween me & a sniper’s bullet.I don’t know what made the grasssway seconds before the Viet Congraised his soundless rifle.Read More Song In My Head: I Can’t Write Left Handed by John Legend & The Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpJw1OEM8s Art: Notable Veteran Artists Photo credit: usvaa.org Quote: “Veterans know better …
Care Package for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020
Poetry: Nothing Is Lost by Lucyna ProstkoShe would emerge from nightmares,inch by inch, in the kitchen. Perchedon a wooden chair, she hugs her knees.Read More Song In My Head: Edible Flowers by The Finn Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGSroCScz4 Art: Robert Colquhoun’s The Fortune Teller Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Your inconvenience should not override the health and happiness …
Care Package for Monday, Nov. 9, 2020
Poetry: The Puppet-Player by Angelina Weld GrimkéSometimes it seems as though some puppet-player, A clenched jaw cupping a craggy chinSits just beyond the border of our seeing,Read More Song In My Head: Changing Tide by Leyla McCalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vhB9BaQas Art: John Banting’s Explosion Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “No matter how hard the past is, you …
Care Package for Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020
Poetry: Dawn by Helen Hunt JacksonWith a ring of silver, And a ring of gold, And a red, red roseRead More Song In My Head: Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-KAvPbO8JY Art: Helena Almeida’s Inhabited Canvas Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “A bird sitting in a tree …