Care Package for Monday, April 26, 2021

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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.” …

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