Care Package for Saturday, March 13, 2021

Poetry: Midnight Loon by Arthur SzeBurglars enter an apartment and ransack drawers;finding neither gold nor cash, they flee,leaving the laundry and bathroom lights on – they have fled themselves. I catch the dippingRead More Lyrical: Circadian Rhythm by Son VoltThe time is so weary of conflicts/Silent answers, silent blame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqKCOJ38Avw Art: Emperor Huizong’s Finches and bamboo …

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Care Package for Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Poetry: Dawn by John Gould FletcherAbove the east horizon,the great red flower of the dawnopens slowly, petal by petal;Read More Lyrical: Revelator by Gillian WelchQueen of the fakes and imitators/Time’s the revelator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_uFpbXZ9k Art: Simeon Solomon’s Dawn (Head of Hypnos) Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing …

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Care Package for Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Poetry: America is Loving Me to Death by Michael Kleber-Diggs    acrostic golden shovelAmerica is loving me to death, loving me to death slowly, and IMainly try not to be disappeared here, knowing she won’t pledgeEven tolerance in return. Dear God, I can’t offer allegiance.Read More Lyrical: Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers) by …

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Care Package for Monday, March 8, 2021

Poetry: Voices by Sharon OldsOur voices race to the towers, and up beyondthe atmosphere, to the satellite,slowly turning, then back downRead More (https://poets.org/poem/voices) Lyrical: Lodestar by Sarah HarmerAnd wait for it/There are only two things now/This great black night/And the fireglow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyMONDo3zNc Art: Edward Hicks’ The Falls of Niagara Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “What hath …

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