Poetry: Grace Among the Ferns by Analicia SoteloThe ferns – sharp lime green, lean overthe concrete like a woman over a boardwalkon a bright spring day like this, though maybe it is betterRead More Lyrical: Grace, Too by The Tragically HipI come from downtown, born ready for you/Armed with will and determination, and grace, too …
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Care Package for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Poetry: Actually Very Simple by Jay DeshpandeHe came back from halfway around the world like that,tongue tied around him like a scarf. Everything set before himset to bursting. The fear that what he’d seen – Read More Lyrical: Nobody’s Fault But Mine by Ry CooderJesus taught me what to do, and Buddha taught me what to …
Care Package for Friday, June 18, 2021
Poetry: The Aged Pilot Man by Mark TwainOn the Erie Canal, it was, All on a summer’s day,I sailed forth with my parents Far away to Albany.Read More Lyrical: Paradise by John PrineWhen I die let my ashes float down the Green River/Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam/I’ll be …
Care Package for Thursday, June 17, 2021
Poetry: Yesterday and To-Morrow by Paul Laurence DunbarYesterday I held your hand,Reverently I pressed it,And its gentle yieldingnessFrom my soul I blessed it.Read More Lyrical: Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill WithersAin’t no sunshine when she’s gone/And this house just ain’t a home/Anytime she goes away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuKfiH0Scao Art: Vija Celmins’ Ocean Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “In …
Care Package for Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Poetry: Kindness by Naomi Shihab NyeBefore you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weakened broth.Read More Lyrical: The Milkman of Human Kindness by Billy BraggI love you/I am the milkman of human kindness/I will leave an extra pint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMRfsvpfo8E Art: Thomas Rowlandson’s Killing with …
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