Poetry: The Monster, What Some Thought a Man by Angie Macrior bear, came from the swamp,what had once been a lake from a glacier,then the meandering bed of a river, softerthan any bed a man had ever made.Read more Song In My Head: Down By the Water by The Decemberists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR9DjdMrpHg Art: Steven Campbell’s Gesturing …
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Care Package for Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Poetry: a brief meditation on breath by Yesenia Montillai have diver’s lungs from holding mybreath for so long. i promise youi am not trying to break a recordRead more Song In My Head: I Don’t Wanna Grow Up by Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWh4xHeFMIQ Art: Francis Seymour Haden’s A Sunset In Ireland Photo credit: artsandculture.google.com Quote: “In …
Care Package for Monday, July 20, 2020
Poetry: what the dead know by heart by Donte Collinslately, when asked how are you, Irespond with a name no longer livingRekia, Jamar, SandraRead more (https://poets.org/poem/what-dead-know-heart-0) Song In My Head: Wish You Were Here by Puddles Pity Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_rUHej_qA Art: Angela Jansen’s Citizen Kane Photo credit: mutualart.com Quote: “Striving for social justice is the most …
Care Package for Sunday, July 19, 2020
Poetry: July by Cristin O’Keefe AptowiczThe figs we ate wrapped in bacon.The gelato we consumed greedily:Coconut milk, clove, fresh pear.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/july) Song In My Head: Things Happen by Dawes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpSpMMfQis Art: Garrick Palmer’s Circular Forms Photo credit: garrickpalmer.co.uk Quote: “When I feed the poor, the call me a saint, but when I ask why …
Care Package for Saturday, July 18, 2019
In Memory of Rep. John Lewis Photo credit: politico.com Quote: “Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.” – John Lewis Poetry: Still I Rise by Maya AngelouYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise.Read more Quote: “Rosa …