Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020

Poetry: This Morning by Luci TapahonsoThe screech of the recycling truck jolted me awake.It was just after dawn and the huge trucks were already tearingthrough the neighborhood, shrieking brakes keeping rhythmwith shattering glass and clinking cans amidst barking dogs.Read more Song In My Head: You by Bad Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PgiBpTtao Art: Catherine Yass’s Northwest D2 Photo …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020

Poetry: Wonder by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge1One summer night, walking from our house after dinner, stars      make the sky almost white.My awe is like blindness; wonder exchanges for sight.Read more Song In My Head: Didn’t Have Time to Think by Math the Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZmhylH27A Art: Oliver Payne & Nick Relph’s Master Friday Photo credit: tate.org.uk …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

Poetry: Releasing the Birds by Cathie SandstromNext to her embroidered lawn handkerchiefsmy mother’s empty gloves laypaired in the nest of her drawer: Read more Song In My Head: We Are All Made of Stars by Moby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1rFAaAKpVc Art: Simon English’s Sugar Plum Fairy Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Soak up the views. Take in the bad weather …

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Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

Poetry: Evening by Dorianne LauxMoonlight pours downwithout mercy, no matterhow many have perishedbeneath the trees.Read more Song In My Head: Sons & Daughters by The Decemberists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MsDPtPCpZ4 Art: Eric Ravilious’s The Teleprinter Room Photo credit: wikiart.org Quote: “Many things – such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly – are done worst when we try …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020

Poetry: Rain by William SaphierLike crawling black monstersthe big clouds tap at my window,their shooting liquid fingers slideRead more Song In My Head: Tear the Fascists Down by Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVnur5DkdI Art: Don Cordery’s Spectacled Owl Photo credit: galleryonline.com Quote: “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart …live in the question.” – …

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