Poetry: That Woman by Sarah GettyLook! A flash of orange along the river’s edge – “oriole!” Comes to your lips like instinct, thenit’s vanished – lost in the foliage,Read More Song In My Head: Sisters are Doin’ It For Themselves by The Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGx7JkFSp4 Art: Friedrich Müller’s Portrait of Sophie Schneider as a …

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Poetry: Aspiration by Adah Isaacs MenkenPoor, impious Soul! that fixes its high hopes    In the dim distance, on a throne of clouds,and from the morning’s mist would make the ropes    to draw it up amid acclaim of crowds – Read More Song In My Head: The Pill by Loretta Lynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y5i9WUwNOg Art: Mary Cassatt’s …

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Poetry: Girls On the Town, 1946 by Rita DoveYou love a red lip. The dimples areextra currency, though you take care to keep       powder from caking those charmed valleys.Read More Song In My Head: Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoMPrjmjeUY Art: 10 Inspiring Stories of Women at The Met Photo credit: …

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Poetry: She Returns to the Water by Erin BelieuThe dive startson the board …something Steveoften said,Read More Song In My Head: The Future is Female by Madame Gandhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP4da2G1s4s Art: Elsa Husted Kjaer’s Blue Moon Photo credit: agora-gallery.com Quote: “Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony Anywhere But Here: Acadia National Park, Maine Photo credit: …

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Poetry: Boys Will Be Boys by Charlotte Perkins Gilman“Boys will be boys,” and boys have had their day;Boy-mischief and boy-carelessness and noiseExtenuated all, allowed, excused and smoothed away,Read More Song In My Head: Summer Girl by Haim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjuA_o6Jzyo Art: Ellen Dieter’s Bubble Girl 16 Photo credit: adelmanfineart.com Quote: “The most courageous act is still to …

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