Poetry: Hysterical Strength by Nicole SealeyWhen I hear news of a hitchhikerstruck by lightning yet living,or a child lifting a two-ton sedanRead More Song In My Head: i by Kendrick Lamar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aShfolR6w8 Art: Jordan Casteel’s Kimmah Photo credit: jordancasteel.com Quote: “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Poetry: My Loves by Langston HughesI love to see the big white moon, A-shining in the sky;I love to see the little stars, When the shadow clouds go by.Read More Song In My Head: History by Mos Def w/Talib Kweli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Z8X_bgEpw Art: Titus Kaphar’s A Pillow for Fragile Fictions Photo credit: kapharstudio.com Quote: “The African …
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Poetry: How I Pray in the Plague by Kwame DawesIn these silences, the bubbles of hurt are indistinguishable from the terrorthat lurks in the body – the phrase, “ecstasies of starvation” will have a musicthat lures us to peace, but how do I stay with a tender heart of …
Poetry: Leave No Trace by Maggie DietzNo gate, no main entrance, no ticket, no ranger. Not farFrom where Frost once raised chickens and ill-fated children, nearWhere the Old Man’s glacier-hewn face though bolstered toIts godlike roost by rods and turnbuckles slidFrom our fledgling millennium into oblivion,Read More Song In My Head: Evie’s Tears …
Poetry: Near Miss by Fanny HoweI almost met youOn a SaturdayIn Gloucester.Read More Song In My Head: Everything Is Broken by Sheryl Crow ft. Jason Isbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWiq3BE3zY Art: Calligraphic Plaque Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “When ill luck begins, it does not come in sprinkles, but in showers.” – Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson Recipe: Roasted Strawberry …
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