A Week In Alabama (Day 7) Poetry: Nocturne of the Wharves by Arna BontempsAll night they whine upon their ropes and boomagainst the dock with helpless prows:these little ships that are too worn for sailingfront the wharf but do not rest at all.Read More Lyrical: Keep On Smilin’ by Wet WillieKeep on smilin’ through the …
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Care Package for Thursday, July 8, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 6) Poetry: Letter Already Broadcast Into Space by Jake Adam York - To Sun Ra, from EarthYou are not here,you are not herein Birmingham, Where they keep your name,Read More Lyrical: Laugh Laugh Laugh by Big Mama ThorntonLaugh laugh laugh and be happy/Laugh laugh laugh and be …
Care Package for Wednesday, July 7, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 5) Poetry: November by Lynna OdelIf I can’t save usthen let me feel youhappy and safeunder my chin.Read More Non-Lyrical: Yellow Dog Blues by W.C. Handy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1tzyxGHyw Art: Joe Minter’s Four Hundred Years of Free Labor Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is …
Care Package for Tuesday, July 6, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 4) Poetry: Amos (Postscript, 1968) by Margaret WalkerFrom Montgomery to Memphis he marchesHe stands on the threshold of tomorrowHe breaks the bars of iron and they remove the signsRead More Lyrical: Sound and Color by Alabama ShakesSound and color/With me, for my mind/And the ship shows me where to go/When …
Care Package for Monday, July 5, 2021
A Week In Alabama (Day 3) Poetry: Amos, 1963 by Margaret WalkerAmos is a Shepherd of suffering sheep;A pastor preaching in the depths of AlabamaPreaching social justice to the SouthlandRead More Lyrical: I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Hank WilliamsNo matter how I struggle and strive/I’ll never get out of this world …
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