Care Package for Thursday, March 11, 2021

Poetry: What We Set in Motion by Geffrey DavisI.Months out from my bout, I return homeAfter training deltoids and biceps to push Past the letdown of exertion – to neverStop throwing punches. Our baby boyRead More Lyrical: Crawling Back To You by Tom PettyI’m so tired of being tired/Sure as night will follow day/Most things …

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Care Package for Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Poetry: Dawn by John Gould FletcherAbove the east horizon,the great red flower of the dawnopens slowly, petal by petal;Read More Lyrical: Revelator by Gillian WelchQueen of the fakes and imitators/Time’s the revelator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_uFpbXZ9k Art: Simeon Solomon’s Dawn (Head of Hypnos) Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing …

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Care Package for Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Poetry: America is Loving Me to Death by Michael Kleber-Diggs    acrostic golden shovelAmerica is loving me to death, loving me to death slowly, and IMainly try not to be disappeared here, knowing she won’t pledgeEven tolerance in return. Dear God, I can’t offer allegiance.Read More Lyrical: Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers) by …

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Care Package for Monday, March 8, 2021

Poetry: Voices by Sharon OldsOur voices race to the towers, and up beyondthe atmosphere, to the satellite,slowly turning, then back downRead More (https://poets.org/poem/voices) Lyrical: Lodestar by Sarah HarmerAnd wait for it/There are only two things now/This great black night/And the fireglow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyMONDo3zNc Art: Edward Hicks’ The Falls of Niagara Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “What hath …

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Care Package for Sunday, March 7, 2021

Poetry: The Comfort of Darkness by Galway KinnellDarkness swept the earth in my dream,Cold crowded the streets with its wings,Cold talons pursued each river and streamRead More Lyrical: Coming Back To Life by Pink FloydI took a heavenly ride through our silence/I knew the moment had arrived/For killing the past and coming back to life …

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