Poetry: How I Pray in the Plague by Kwame DawesIn these silences, the bubbles of hurt are indistinguishable from the terrorthat lurks in the body – the phrase, “ecstasies of starvation” will have a musicthat lures us to peace, but how do I stay with a tender heart of …
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Black History Month Care Package for Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
Poetry: Naming the Baby by Yesenia MontillaI couldn’t bring myselfto read through Breonna’s socialmedia but some say she believed 2020would be her year. She evenRead More Song In My Head:Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ykv1D0qEE Art: Rashid Johnson’s Untitled Anxious Drawing Photo credit: hauserwirth.com Quote: “I had no idea that …
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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Tuesday, Feb. 26, 1985
In the Top Ten: The Heat Is On by Glenn Frey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZD8HKVKneI On the Bestseller List: Moscow Rules by Robert Moss Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Into the Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocj8ceZPM9Q New In Comic Shops: Night Music Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Evergreen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g_P9DN7AGE Magazine Roulette: National Lampoon Photo credit: mycomichsop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …
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Care Package for Friday, Feb. 26, 2021
Poetry: Leave No Trace by Maggie DietzNo gate, no main entrance, no ticket, no ranger. Not farFrom where Frost once raised chickens and ill-fated children, nearWhere the Old Man’s glacier-hewn face though bolstered toIts godlike roost by rods and turnbuckles slidFrom our fledgling millennium into oblivion,Read More Song In My Head: Evie’s Tears …
Black History Month Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
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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