National Poetry Month: Break of Day by John Donne Quote: “Be true to yourself and honest to others.” – Anthony T. Hincks Song: “Color Me Impressed” by The Replacements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_358OhIRqo Place: Boston, Massachusetts Photo credit: howdesign.com History: On April 17, 1790, Benjamin Franklin passed away. Animal: Axolotl Photo credit: quarkmag.com
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Care Package for April 16, 2019
National Poetry Month: An Exercise in Love by Diane Di Prima Quote: “Philosophers, for example, often fail to recognize that their remarks about the universe apply also to themselves and their remarks. If the universe is meaningless, so the statement that it is so.” – Alan Watts Song: “Waiting Room” by Fugazi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMOAXm94VWo Place: Andorra …
Care Package for April 15, 2019
National Poetry Month: An Intellectual’s Funeral by Jonathan David Quote: “Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.” – Dave Eggers Song: “Again and Again” by The Bird and the Bee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMy6X5cQul8 Place: Cabo Verde Photo credit: macauhub.com.mo History: On April 15, 1877, the first …
Care Package for April 14, 2019
National Poetry Month: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay Quote: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln Song: “Ruination Day (Part 1)” and “Ruination Day (Part 2)” by Gillian Welch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjX2ztmjLk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp1xCJa-SJE Place: Ford’s Theater, …
Care Package for April 13, 2019
National Poetry Month: The Arrow and the Song by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quote: “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke Song: “Books of War” by MF Doom featuring RZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCp0kJYF30 Place: Colorado Photo credit: coloradoscenics.com History: On …
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