Poetry: Holding the Light by Stuart KestenbaumGather up whatever isglittering in the gutter,whatever has tumbledRead more Song In My Head: A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4 Art: Nam June Paik’s Bakelite Robot Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” – Edith …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020
Poetry: Blackberry Eating by Galway KinnellI love to go out in late Septemberamong the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberriesto eat blackberries for breakfast,Read more Song In My Head: I Wish I Was the Moon by Neko Case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blmnnwfa0mE Art: J.D. Okhai Ojeikere’s Untitled (Onile Gogoro Or Okaba) Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Every man has his …
Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020
Poetry: When I Am Asked by Lisel MuellerWhen I am askedhow I began writing poems,I talk about the indifference of nature.Read more Song In My Head: Can’t Hardly Wait by The Replacements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGjAYH-Nq4 Art: Mohammed Naghi Bey’s Religious Procession, Addis Ababa Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “It is difficult to get the news from poems yet …
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Poetry: An Old Portrait by Margaret WiddemerFlower-decked, wide-skirted, from her oval frameShe watches us between the drooping curlsAnd smiles a little as she always smiled.Read more Song In My Head: September by Earth, Wind & Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk Art: Dugald Sutherland Maccoll’s Crock and Cottage Loaf No. 2 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “All at once, summer …
Care Package for Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020
Poetry: My Philosophy of Life by John AshberyJust when I thought there wasn’t room enoughfor another thought in my head, I had this great idea –call it a philosophy of life, if you will. Briefly,it involved living the way philosophers live,according to a set of principles. OK, but which ones?Read more Song In My Head: …
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