Care Package for Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Poetry: The Old Arm-Chair by Eliza CookI love it, I love it; and who shall dareTo chide me for loving that old arm-chair?I’ve treasured it long as a sainted prize,I’ve bedew’d it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs;Read More Lyrical: Things Happen by DawesThings happen/That’s all they ever do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpSpMMfQis Art: Zeruah H. Guernsey …

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Care Package for Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Poetry: Altitude by Cyrus CassellsYou’ve just died in my arms,But suddenly it seems we’re eternalCali boys, Afro-haired cohorts in crime,Racing through intricate latticesRead More Lyrical: Shot In the Arm by WilcoMaybe all I need is a shot in the arm/Something in my veins bloodier than blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wE17fyb85A Art: Fragmentary Face of King Khafre Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Monday, March 1, 2021

Poetry: Like That by Alexandria PearyAn enormous snow-covered branchis threatening the living room.An enormous tanned branchwith snow like heaps of table linensRead More Lyrical: It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by The Tragically HipLet’s get friendship right/Get life day to day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k4RxqRyv8 Art: Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona’s Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal …

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Black History Month Care Package for Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

Poetry: Hysterical Strength by Nicole SealeyWhen I hear news of a hitchhikerstruck by lightning yet living,or a child lifting a two-ton sedanRead More Song In My Head: i by Kendrick Lamar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aShfolR6w8 Art: Jordan Casteel’s Kimmah Photo credit: jordancasteel.com Quote: “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. …

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Care Package for Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021

Poetry: Self-Portrait with Eraser by Andrea CohenI drew the eraserfirst because I knewit better than I knewmyself and becauseRead More Song In My Head: Long Cut by Uncle Tupelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2I04X9MGE Art: Michael Ostendorfer’s Atronomicum Caesareum Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the …

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