Poetry: The High-School Lawn by Thomas HardyGray prinked with rose,White tipped with blue,Shoes with gay hose,Sleeves of chrome hue;Read more Song In My Head: We’re Going To Be Friends by The White Stripes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfD8d3XJok Art: Norman Rockwell’s The Problem We All Live With Photo credit: prints.nrm.org Quote: “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one …
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Care Package for Monday, Sept. 7, 2020
Poetry: Punctuation by Hèlder FaifeWithout commas in her gaze,the little girl dribbles colons with each breathand swears an exclamation markis a lollipop:Read more Song In My Head: Farmhouse by Phish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tz_8NZp5c Art: Claire Falkenstein’s Point as a Set No. 26 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine …
Care Package for Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020
Poetry: Speaking Tree by Joy HarjoSome things on this earth are unspeakable:Genealogy of the broken – A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre,Or the smell of coffee and no one there – Read more Song In My Head: Daydream Believer by The Monkees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqeSJlgaNk Art: Sebastian Evans’s Allegorical Subject: The Unfaithful Poet Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: …
Care Package for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020
Poetry: Cahoots by Carl SandburgPlay it across the table.What if we steal this city blind?If they want any thing let ‘em nail it down.Read more Song In My Head: Ol’ 55 by Shelby Lynne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRc0EDJeeM Art: Adam Dant’s Dismantling Printing Presses at Paternoster Square Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I have measured out my life with …
Care Package for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020
For Ma. Happy birthday! Poetry: A Happy Birthday by Ted KooserThis evening, I sat by an open windowand read till the light was gone and the bookwas no more than a part of the darkness.Read more Song In My Head: I’ll Always Love My Mama by The Intruders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYKaDBleJA Art: Herbert Bayer’s Birthday Picture II …