Poetry: Haikus by Willie Perdomo33.This evening’s Black soundWalks like a cat on grass bladesYour nickname two-stepsRead More Song In My Head: It’s All Right by The Impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1LLwC7N1h8 Art: Mickalene Thomas’s Le Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe Les Trois Femme Noires Photo credit: mickalenethomas.com Quote: “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged …
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Poetry: Go Give the World by Otto Leland BohananI do not crave to have thee mine alone, dear Keeping thy charms within my jealous sight;Go, give the world the blessing of thy beauty, That other hearts may share of my delight!Read More Song In My Head: Pacing the Cage by Bruce Cockburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN2uMVYwmqc Art: Domenico …
Poetry: A People’s Historian by Kenneth CarrollFor Howard Zinnwho will come to tell us what we knowthat the king’s clothes are soiled withthe history of our blood and sweatRead More Song In My Head: Hold On by Alabama Shakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le-3MIBxQTw Art: Augusta Savage’s Gamin Photo credit: americanart.si.edu Quote: “Just don’t give up what you’re trying …
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Poetry: Never Enough of Living by Léonie AdamsNever, my heart, is there enough of living,Since only in thee is loveliness so sweet pain;Only for thee the willows will be givingTheir quiet fringes to the dreaming river;Read More Song In My Head: Harvest Moon by Widowspeak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1yesc-IdeI Art: Caleb Gardner’s Easy Chair Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: …
Poetry: Revery by Fenton Johnson 1.I was the starlightI was the moonlightI was the sunset,Read More Song In My Head: Tryin’ Times by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxaBpiQGWP0 Art: Mark Bradford’s Butch Queen Photo credit: albrightknox.org Quote: “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of …
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