Poetry: In the Middle of the Burning by Canisia Lubrinnotice now pictures of awful things on top our headthe freight that barricades this view, how enoughhow the law batter down the dogged tide we makethe world shoring its dark scars between seasonRead more Song In My Head: When My Time Comes by Dawes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEj_9IhJSo Art: …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020
Poetry: I Tried to Write a Poem Called “Imposter Syndrome” and Failed by Emelia PhillipsThe way that the sea failsTo drown itself everyday. And alludes all those not listening.Read more Song In My Head: And Am I Born to Die by Béla Flech & Abigail Washburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgmXqJIGY0 Art: Jason Evans and Simon Foxton’s [no …
Care Package for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020
Poetry: Evening Walk as the School Year Starts by Sydney LeaWhen was the last lobotomy, I wonder?Too late for Carl at least, whom it’s all but hopelessto think of as a whipsaw of hateful passionRead more Song In My Head: If I Needed You by Don Lewis and Emmy Lou Harris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHoAg-LlVVM Art: Jan Dibbets’ …
Care Package for Monday, Oct. 12, 2020
Poetry: The Miracle by Fenton JohnsonThough I was dwelling in a prison house,My soul was wandering by the carefree streamRead more Song In My Head: Half Acre by Hem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sq5Bvvx5nc&t=1s Art: Ken Currie’s Scottish Mercenaries Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” …
Care Package for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020
Poetry: Self-Portrait in the Time of Disaster by Deborah ParadezAll morning my daughter pleaded, outsideoutside. By noon I kneel to button herCoat, tie the scarf to keep her hood in place.Read more Song In My Head: I Will Not Take These Things For Granted by Toad the Wet Sprocket https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNEt60MoK_I Art: Bernard Brett’s The Royal …