Poetry: Yesterday by W.S. MerwinMy friend says I was not a good sonyou understandI say yes I understandRead More Song In My Head: Jealous Guy by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfY4NLxl72g Art: Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Bashi-Bazouk Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “If you have managed to overcome your difficulties, then make a note of that process because that’s your …
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Care Package for Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
Poetry: At Night by Stanley PlumlyWhen did I know that I’d have to carry it around in order to have it when I need it, say in a pocket,the dark itself not dark enough but needing to be added to, handful by handful if necessary, untilRead More Song In My Head: …
Care Package for Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021
Poetry: The Hill We Climb by Amanda GormanWhen day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast. We’ve learnedthat quiet isn’t always peace. In the norms and notions of what just is isn’t always justice.Read …
Care Package for Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021
Poetry: Hope. by Alice Dunbar-NelsonWild seas of tossing, writhing waves,A wreck half-sinking in the torturous gloom;One man clings desperately, while Boreas raves,Read More Song In My Head: Here Comes the Sun by Nina Simone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9gMsdNQSUM Art: Freeman Gage Delamotte’s Hope Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to …
Care Package for Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021
Poetry: The Optimist by J.W. HammondWho would have the sky any color but blue? Or the grass any color but green?Or the flowers that bloom the summer through Of other color or sheen?Read More Song In My Head: Kangding Qingge (Old Timey Dance Party) by Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jVAvCRXmYI Art: …
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