A Week In Alabama (Day 7) Poetry: Nocturne of the Wharves by Arna BontempsAll night they whine upon their ropes and boomagainst the dock with helpless prows:these little ships that are too worn for sailingfront the wharf but do not rest at all.Read More Lyrical: Keep On Smilin’ by Wet WillieKeep on smilin’ through the …
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Care Package for Wednesday, July 7, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 5) Poetry: November by Lynna OdelIf I can’t save usthen let me feel youhappy and safeunder my chin.Read More Non-Lyrical: Yellow Dog Blues by W.C. Handy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1tzyxGHyw Art: Joe Minter’s Four Hundred Years of Free Labor Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is …
Care Package for Monday, July 5, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 3) Poetry: Amos, 1963 by Margaret WalkerAmos is a Shepherd of suffering sheep;A pastor preaching in the depths of AlabamaPreaching social justice to the SouthlandRead More Lyrical: I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Hank WilliamsNo matter how I struggle and strive/I’ll never get out of this world …
Care Package for Sunday, July 4, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 2) Poetry: Largo by Brian TeareNow the rainNow the seams put in eveningNow the tree seeming shakes outRead More Lyrical: The Rock and the Hill by Allison MoorerI’m tired of pushing this rock up the hill/Tired of this rock/Tired of that hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1yZ3uCnzNk Art: Kerry James …
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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