Poetry: How to Start Over by Stuart KestenbaumWe knew that things were deteriorating.Gothic houses collapsing, sharks patrolling the lagoons,the born-again ministers warning of an immediate conflagration.Read More Song In My Head: Waltz #2 (XO) by Elliot Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWn9ocrMhlE Art: Juan Uslé’s Bilingual Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I found that the solemn recognition that our world …
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Care Package for Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020
Poetry: On the Hills of Dawn by Alexander PoseyBehold, the morning-glory sky blue cupIs mine wherewith the drink the nectar upThat morning spills of silver dew,Read More Song In My Head: Tether by Sarah Harmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7TH09Wz5Ww Art: Parviz Tanavoli’s The Poet and the Beloved King Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There’s really no such thing as …
A Traditional Christmas Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020
Poetry: Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing by Too DerricotteMy mother was not impressed with her beauty;once a year she put it on like a costume,plaited her black hair, slick as cornsilk, down past her hips,Read More Song In My Head: Spirit of Christmas by Ray Charles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfLmpKTqugM Art: J. Latham’s Christmas Eve Photo credit: pixels.com …
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Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020
Poetry: Maine Yet Miami by Richard BlancoThe soft harp of snowfall plucking throughmy pine trees lulls me to peace, yet I stillhear the bongo of thunderstorms rappingRead More Song In My Head: Dandelions In Bullet Holes by Sarah Harmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPEFIlwbJlg Art: Laure Albin-Guillot’s London, the changing of the guards Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Worry does …
A Traditional Christmas Care Package for Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020
Poetry: Carol by Ishion HutchinsonOaks or chestnuts, what here draws brass linen, wakes me, overcast, with the polished sprigs of mygrandmother’s lamp, holding the plumed shade onceRead More Song In My Head: Christmas Waltz …
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