Poetry: Herb Garden by Timothy SteeleThe lizard, an exemplar of the small,Spreads fine, adhesive digits to performVertical push-ups on a sunny wall;Read More Lyrical: Fools by Troye SivanI see swimming pools and living rooms and aeroplanes/I see a little house on the hill and children’s names https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfD96yRT8cs Art: Joseph Mallord William Turner’s Sunrise with Sea …
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Care Package for Thursday, May 6, 2021
Poetry: Childhood Music by Matthew ThorburnOld Schmidt clackstwo sticks to tellhis sheep it’s time for bedhe smells like a barnRead More Lyrical: Pretty Pimpin by Kurt VileI woke up this morning/Didn’t recognize the man in the mirror/Then I laughed and I said, “Oh silly me, that’s just me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=659pppwniXA Art: Janet Ledger’s Factory Gate Photo …
Care Package for Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Poetry: In Tall Grass by Carl SandburgBees and a honeycomb in the dried head of a horse in a pasture corner – a skull in the tall grass and a buzz and a buzz of the yellow honey-hunters.Read More Lyrical: Bed Head by Manchester OrchestraI am what I am, same …
Care Package for Monday, May 3, 2021
Poetry: Eating the Cookies by Jane KenyonThe cousin from Maine, knowingabout her diverticulitis, let out the nuts,so the cookies weren’t entirely to my taste,but they were good enough; yes, good enough.Read More Lyrical: Such Great Heights by Joy Kills SorrowI have to speculate/That God Himself did make/Us into corresponding shapes/Like puzzle pieces from the clay …
Care Package for Sunday, May 2, 2021
Poetry: American Smooth by Rita DoveWe were dancing – it must havebeen a foxtrot or a waltz,something romantic butrequiring restraint,Read More Lyrical: The Saint of Lost Causes by Justin Townes EarleIt’s a cruel world/But it ain’t hard to understand/You got your sheep, got your shepherds/Got your wolves amongst men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpuEM91HHY Art: Allen Jones’ [untitled] Photo …