Poetry: Seance at Tennis by Dana GoodyearI play with an old boyfriend, to tease you out.In white shorts that you’ve never seen before.You storm – wind, panic in the tree.Read More Lyrical: That Summer Feeling by Jonathan RichmanWhen the cool of the pond makes you drop down on it/When the smell of the lawn makes …
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Care Package for Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Poetry: Legendary by Nicole SealeyWhat girl gives up an opportunityto talk about herself? Not I. Not today.I won’t bore you with my biography –just a few highlights from my résumé.Read More Lyrical: Sick of Myself by Matthew Sweet‘Cause I’m sick of myself when I look at you/Something is beautiful and true/World that’s ugly and a …
Care Package for Monday, May 10, 2021
In memory of Audrey Poetry: Spell for the End of Grief by Amie WhittemoreNo incantations, no rosemary and statice,No keening women in grim dresses.No cauldrons, no candles, no hickory wands.Read More (https://poets.org/poem/spell-end-grief) Lyrical: Goin’ Out by Sarah HarmerWhen the days close on the memories you’ve acquired/And your body cannot hold your soul’s fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIKdCCcvBV0 Art: …
Care Package for Sunday, May 9, 2021
Poetry: The Eternal City by Jim SimmermanSometimes I picture your face on money.But this isn’t Rome, where they knowwhat money’s worth, which is almostthe paper it’s printed on (a kind of art),Read More Lyrical: Everything Is Free Now by Gillian WelchNever minded working hard/It’s who I’m working for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy6VMDXB2SQ Art: Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Geneva: …
Care Package for Saturday, May 8, 2021
Poetry: This Body by Renée WatsonSKIN: NOUN1. Sensitive. DrySee Dove soap, Oil of Olay, shea butter.See middle school pimples plumping upthe night before picture day.Always on the chin or nose.Read More Lyrical: Frightened By the Sound by Justin Townes EarleOnly a fool would place such a bet/On which way the wind blows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8vxzxxL3FM Art: Iain …
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