Poetry: Undoing by Khadijah QueenIn winter traffic, fog of middayshoves toward our machines – snow eclipsesthe mountainscapesRead More Song In My Head: Anodyne by Uncle Tupelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZtdUkqhSgk Art: Winslow Homer’s Inside the Bar Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Hate is not the opposite of love. Apathy is.“ – Rollo May Recipe: Retro Strawberries-and-Cream Pretzel Tart Photo …
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Care Package for Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021
Poetry: A Tempest in a Teacup by A. Van JordanProsperoAssume, just for a moment,I am denied a jobin the factory of my dreamsRead More Song In My Head: Thieves In the Night by Black Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4Tm5wWW34 Art: Thomas Eakins’s The Artist’s Wife and His Setter Dog Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “You don’t have to burn …
Care Package for Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021
Poetry: Invitation to Love by Paul Laurence DunbarCome when the nights are bright with stars Or when the moon is mellow;Come when the sun his golden bars Drops on the hay-field yellow.Read More Song In My Head: Boots of Spanish Leather by The Lumineers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T67QML0eHOs Art: Henri-Edmond Cross’s Landscape with Stars Photo credit: …
Care Package for Friday, Jan. 8, 2021
Poetry: Solitude by Irvin W. UnderhillOh, solitude, where is the sting, That men ascribe to thee?Where is the terror in thy mien? I look, but cannot see.Read More Song In My Head: Stone Cold Coup d’Etat by They Might Be Giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjpTmng9bV4 Art: Zeruah H. Guernsey Caswell’s Embroidered Carpet Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: …
Care Package for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021
Poetry: A New National Anthem by Ada LimónThe truth is, I’ve never cared for the NationalAnthem. If you think about it, it’s not a goodsong. Too high for most of us with “the rockets’red glare” and then there are the bombs.(Always, always there is war and bombs.)Read More Song In My Head: This Land is …