Poetry: River Sonnet by Tacey M. AtsittyWater levels have bled out,like it had just bitten its lip& was about to swell – then rip:Read more Song In My Head: Dear God by XTC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p554R-Jq43A Art: Claudette Johnson’s Standing Figure with African Masks Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no …
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Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020
Poetry: Rainy Twilight by Evelyn ScottDim gold faces float in the windows,Subtle as perfume,Soft as flowers.Read more Song In My Head: Dimming of the Day by Bonnie Raitt & Richard Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8M74ufF4Q Art: Graciela Iturbide’s Birds on the Pole, Guanajuato, Mexico Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” …
Care Package for Monday, Sept. 14, 2020
Poetry: on empathy by Bettina Juddwhat it sounds like is a bird breaking small bones against glass.the least of them, a sparrow, of course. you’re about to servedinner and this is the scene.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/empathy) Song In My Head: Take the Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt-GvbWYKc Art: James Hakewill’s South Gate, Winchelsea Photo …
Care Package for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020
Poetry: The Secret of Youth by Micah DanielsLast night I asked my mother to cornrow my hairA skill I had been practicing since last summerBut always ended with a tumbleweed excuse of a braidRead more Song In My Head: Summer’s End by John Prine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbEFTv9zr0 Art: Ellen Gallagher’s Esirn Coaler Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Summer’s …
Care Package for Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020
Poetry: Open Sea by Joanna I. KaminskiHe predicted froth, and geesetook to the sky like a hurricane.Read more Song In My Head: Farewell Transmission by Songs: Ohia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=malJUMz2A9Y Art: Luciano Fabro’s Clotheshanger of the North Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Recipe: …