Poetry: Yearnings For Home by Frances Ellen Watkins HarperOh let me go I’m weary hereAnd fevers scorch my brain,I long to feel my native airBreathe o’er each burning vein.Read More Song In My Head: Stand By Me by Ranky Tanky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOF7FWv-BsU Art: Aaron Douglas’s Judgement Day Photo credit: nga.gov Quote: “Don’t try to lessen yourself …
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Poetry: Autobiography by Lawrence FerlinghettiI am leading a quiet lifein Mike’s Place every daywatching the champsof the Dante Billiard Parlorand the French pinball addicts.Read More Song In My Head: Sweet Old World by EmmyLou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEvWLYFFnxM Art: Albert Edward Edenshaw’s Raven rattle Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it …
Poetry: Soul Train by Allison Joseph Oh how I wanted to be a dancerthose Saturday mornings in theliving room, neglecting choresRead More Song In My Head: Blackbird by Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ix6Liy0XQg Art: Faith Ringgold’s Hide Little Children Photo credit: faithringgold.com Quote: The thing about Black history is that the truth is so much more complex than …
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Poetry: Toward the Island by Pablo MedinaIt smells of forest and it smells of sea.Look how the vulture riseson the ladder of the winds.Read More Song In My Head: State of Love and Trust by Pearl Jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8r_anyZERw Art: Eyvind Earle’s Fence In Winter Photo credit: pinterest.com Quote: “What for centuries raised man above the …
Poetry: The Motorcycle Queen by Tyree DateYou said you took God with you to all 48 states.You caroled your grief on an Indian Scout,Read More Song In My Head: Keep Livin’ by Jean Grae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEpzl_cqufk Art: Dean Mitchell’s A Pause for Peace Photo credit: deanmitchellstudio.com Quote: “Laundry is the only thing that should be separated …
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