Care Package for Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020

Poetry: August by Lizette Woodworth ReeseNo wind, no bird. The river flames like brass.On either side, smitten as with a spellOf silence, brood the fields. In the deep grass,Read more Song In My Head: All In a Day by The Open Sea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD739aa7xzQ Art: Frank Frazetta’s Autumn People Photo credit: frankfrazetta.net Quote: “It’s so much …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020

Poetry: Wonder by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge1One summer night, walking from our house after dinner, stars      make the sky almost white.My awe is like blindness; wonder exchanges for sight.Read more Song In My Head: Didn’t Have Time to Think by Math the Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ZmhylH27A Art: Oliver Payne & Nick Relph’s Master Friday Photo credit: tate.org.uk …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

Poetry: Releasing the Birds by Cathie SandstromNext to her embroidered lawn handkerchiefsmy mother’s empty gloves laypaired in the nest of her drawer: Read more Song In My Head: We Are All Made of Stars by Moby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1rFAaAKpVc Art: Simon English’s Sugar Plum Fairy Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Soak up the views. Take in the bad weather …

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Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020

Poetry: Evening by Dorianne LauxMoonlight pours downwithout mercy, no matterhow many have perishedbeneath the trees.Read more Song In My Head: Sons & Daughters by The Decemberists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MsDPtPCpZ4 Art: Eric Ravilious’s The Teleprinter Room Photo credit: wikiart.org Quote: “Many things – such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly – are done worst when we try …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020

Poetry: Rain by William SaphierLike crawling black monstersthe big clouds tap at my window,their shooting liquid fingers slideRead more Song In My Head: Tear the Fascists Down by Woody Guthrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVnur5DkdI Art: Don Cordery’s Spectacled Owl Photo credit: galleryonline.com Quote: “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart …live in the question.” – …

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