Poetry: A Peacock in Spring by Joyelle McSweeneyMakes deranged loveTo the muddy hill. Shoots of green knocked sidewaysOn a factory floor. Next to the stopfloodRead More Lyrical: Leaving Eden by The Carolina Chocolate DropsAnd the mockingbird can sing/Like the crying of the dove/And I can’t tell my daugthers/All the things that I am scared of …
Tag: self-care
Care Package for Sunday, April 25, 2021
Poetry: To the Country by Rubén DaríoPrairie land, Happy days. In Royal Buenos AyresNow far, far behind are left the fire, and terrific heat.Today in thy verdant exultation all my day dreams will come to lifeAnd I shall inhale thy fragrant breath and bathe me in thy sun.Read More Lyrical: Deathly by Aimee MannNow that …
Care Package for Saturday, April 24, 2021
Poetry: Spring (Again) by Michael RyanThe birds were louder this morning,Raucous, oblivious, tweeting their teensy bird-brains out.Read More Lyrical: Wheat Kings by The Tragically HipTwenty years for nothing, well, that’s nothing new/Besides, no one’s interested in something you didn’t do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H9L0jR6WCg Art: Winslow Homer’s Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “The animals …
Care Package for Friday, April 23, 2021
Poetry: The Conflict of Convictions by Herman MelvilleOn starry nights A bugle wails the long recall;Derision stirs the deep abyss, Heaven’s ominous science over all.Read More Lyrical: Sanctuary by Hiss Golden MessengerSalvation/Despair/But the game that they taught me/Sometimes it feels like it just ain’t fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkN9y9zf9Y Art: Vessel with six animal friezes Photo …
Care Package for Thursday, April 22, 2021
Poetry:Some Effects of Global Warming in Lackawanna County by Jay PariniThe maples sweat now, out of season.Buds pop eyes in wintry bushesAs the birds arrive, not having checkedRead More Lyrical: Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9ePdk29rVI Art: Earth Art Photo credit: theartstory.org Quote: “The Earth is what we all have in common.” …