Care Package for Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Poetry: Legendary by Nicole SealeyWhat girl gives up an opportunityto talk about herself? Not I. Not today.I won’t bore you with my biography –just a few highlights from my résumé.Read More Lyrical: Sick of Myself by Matthew Sweet‘Cause I’m sick of myself when I look at you/Something is beautiful and true/World that’s ugly and a …

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Care Package for Sunday, May 9, 2021

Poetry: The Eternal City by Jim SimmermanSometimes I picture your face on money.But this isn’t Rome, where they knowwhat money’s worth, which is almostthe paper it’s printed on (a kind of art),Read More Lyrical: Everything Is Free Now by Gillian WelchNever minded working hard/It’s who I’m working for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy6VMDXB2SQ Art: Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Geneva: …

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Care Package for Saturday, May 8, 2021

Poetry: This Body by Renée WatsonSKIN: NOUN1. Sensitive. DrySee Dove soap, Oil of Olay, shea butter.See middle school pimples plumping upthe night before picture day.Always on the chin or nose.Read More Lyrical: Frightened By the Sound by Justin Townes EarleOnly a fool would place such a bet/On which way the wind blows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8vxzxxL3FM Art: Iain …

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Care Package for Friday, May 7, 2021

Poetry: Herb Garden by Timothy SteeleThe lizard, an exemplar of the small,Spreads fine, adhesive digits to performVertical push-ups on a sunny wall;Read More Lyrical: Fools by Troye SivanI see swimming pools and living rooms and aeroplanes/I see a little house on the hill and children’s names https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfD96yRT8cs Art: Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Sunrise with Sea …

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