Poetry: At a Deli Counter in Vermont by Stephanie BurtYour ride home complains the grocery store is freezingthey’d rather wait outside the burly guywith the walrus stache asks whether you want your Italianwith the works You’re not sure what that meansRead more Song In My Head: Whoever You Are …
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Care Package for Monday, Oct. 19, 2020
Poetry: Ode to the Head Nod by Elizabeth Acevedothe slight angling up of the foreheadneck extension quick jut of the chinRead more Song In My Head: No Better Than You by Jim’s Big Ego https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GBhLTEP6Ag Art: Asger Jorn’s Untitled C Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: …
Care Package for Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020
Poetry: Timoleon by Herman Melville(394 B.C.)I If more than once, as annals tell,Through blood without compunction spilt,An egotist arch rule has snatched,And stamped the seizure with his saber’s hilt,Read more Song In My Head: We Gotta Get Out of This Place by Dan Auerbach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w5n-7qjByE Art: Geoffrey Ireland’s Frail Hunter Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Hesitation …
Care Package for Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020
Poetry: Thoughts by Myra Viola WildsWhat kind of thoughts now, do you carry In your travels day by dayRead more Song In My Head: Rebirth of the Cool by The Afghan Whigs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76plN6EVAp0 Art: Charles Hardaker’s Still Life: Vertical Structures, Three Times Three Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “A nation grounded in fiction, rather than reality, …
Care Package for Friday, Oct. 16, 2020
Poetry: Buddha with a Cell Phone by David RomtvedtThe dark sky opens and it starts to rain. I go outsideto stand in the stream, the longed-for gift of waterwhere it hasn’t rained for so long. I shout and dancewith the dog, who puts his ears back and licks my nose.Read more Song In My Head: …