Care Package for Saturday, July 3, 2021

A Week In Alabama (Day One) Poetry: Southern Mansion by Arna BontempsPoplars are standing there still as deathAnd ghosts of dead menMeet their ladies walkingRead More Lyrical: Outer Spaceways, Inc. by Sun RaIf you find earth boring/just the same old thing/Come and sign up with/Outer Spaceways, Incorporated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrxMaY2-wJw Art: Willam Walmsley’s Ding Dong Daddy Dog …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, July 2, 1976

In the Top Ten: Sara Smile by Daryl Hall and John Oates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOFCTFXn6xE On the Bestseller List: 1876 by Gore Vidal Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Omen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS-sXcx30O4 New In Comic Shops: The Hands of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu #42 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Gambit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Y5FCsnzos Magazine Roulette: People Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Friday, July 2, 2021

A Week In Vermont (Day 6) Poetry: Pledge by Elizabeth PowellRepublic, your cool handsOn my schoolgirl shoulders.Not sure what allegiances meantUntil the vows were held by heart,By memory, by rote, by benign betrothal.Read More Lyrical: Lines and Circles by StrangefolkTime and time and time again/Circles break and lines they bend/And you, got to let it …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, July 1, 1966

In the Top Ten: Cool Jerk by The Capitols https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R73iEOvkr10 On the Bestseller List: Games People Play by Eric Berne Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Modesty Blaise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRd8wL0d3m4 New In Comic Shops: The Phantom Blot #6 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Court Martial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CEFADbCJuU Magazine Roulette: Queen Photo credit: elegantlypapered.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …

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Care Package for Thursday, July 1, 2021

A Week In Vermont (Day 5) Poetry: Recession by Sydney LeaA grotesquerie for so long we all ignored it:The mammoth plastic Santa lighting upOn the Quik-Stop’s roof, presiding over pumpsThat gleamed and gushed in the tarmac lot below it.Read More Lyrical: Why We Build the Wall by Anaïs MitchellThe enemy is poverty/And the wall keeps …

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