Poetry: The Road at My Door by W.B. YeatsAn affable Irregular,A heavily-built Falstaffan man,Comes cracking jokes of civil warAs though to die by gunshot wereThe finest play under the sun.Read more Song In My Head: Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawfo4HECf0 Art: Xu Zhen’s 8848 - 1.86 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There is always more …
Tag: self-care
Care Package for Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
Poetry: Near misses by Laura KasischkeThe truck that swerved to miss the stroller in which I slept.My mother turning from the laundry basket just in time to seeme open The third-story window to call the cat.Read more Song In My Head: Daydreaming by Middle Brother https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pcpf0n4uZI Art: John Ward’s The Newspaper Boys Photo credit: tate.org.uk …
Care Package for Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020
Poetry: Lying My Head Off by Cate MarvinHere’s my head, in a dank corner of the yard.I lied it off and so it rolled.It wasn’t unbelieving that caused itto drop off my neck and loll down the slope.Read more Song In My Head: People C’mon by Delta Spirit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUPYbciO3B0 Art: Jacques Mahé de la Villegié’s …
Care Package for Friday, Oct. 2, 2020
Poetry: Untethered by Allison Josephwhat anger in defiancewhat sympathy in doubtemotions steady try usdemanding every shoutRead more Song In My Head: Everybody Pays As They Go by Jakob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2_HC28Liw Art: Max Uhlig’s Autumn Bouquet Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?” – Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts Recipe: …
Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020
Poetry: The Sound of Their Names by Ellen Bassfor the Women of the 19th AmendmentPraise their grit and gospel, their glisteningbrains, their minds on fire. Neuron, numbering the stars.Read more Song In My Head: A Place Called Home by PJ Harvey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2NyS3IDjE Art: Dorothea Tanning’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “In my youth …