Poetry: The Teller by David MasonHe told me, maybe thirty years ago,he’d met a rawboned Eskimo named Jackwhile filming polar bears on an ice floe.Read More Lyrical: My Life Is Right by Big StarLonely days of uncertainty/They disappear when you’re near me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2j1qwTSAjg Art: Tacita Dean’s Majesty Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “The more you get …
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Care Package for Sunday, May 23, 2021
Poetry: On the Pulse of Morning by Maya AngelouA Rock, A River, A TreeHosts to species long since departed,Marked the mastodon,The dinosaur, who left dried tokensRead More Lyrical: Black Hole Sun by Norah JonesIn my shoes/Walking sleep/In my youth, I pray to keep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQ08Ixczvo Art: Henry Moore’s The Artist’s Hand Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Some …
Care Package for Saturday, May 22, 2021
Poetry: Insomniami by Ariel FranciscoAll night darknessconstructs its unquestioning citadelof intrusive thoughtsRead More Lyrical: New Dawn Coming by Cowboy JunkiesKeep on dreaming soon there’ll be a reason/to see it through one more day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaUs01cBMos Art: Graham Sutherland OM’s Pastoral Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “What one does to kill time is one’s true calling.” – Marty …
Care Package for Friday, May 21, 2021
Poetry: The Heart’s Astronomy by Julia Ward HoweThis evening, as the twilight fell,My younger children watched for me;Like cherubs in the window framed,I saw the smiling group of three.Read More Lyrical: The Great Beyond by R.E.M.Why can’t we pantomime/Just close our eyes/And sleep sweet dreams/Me and you with wings on our feet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_JnCWT-_O8 Art: Tony …
Care Package for Thursday, May 20, 2021
Poetry: The Last Thoughts of Jeff Buckley in Memphis by Don ShareIf something happens to me, then you’ll be free!And I want you to be free: how does that PresleySong go? I want to be free, free, free, yeahRead More Lyrical: Hard Sun by Eddie VedderThere’s a big, a big hard sun/Beating on the big …