Poetry: A Meeting by Edith WhartonOn a sheer peak of joy we meet;Below us hums the abyss;Death either way allures our feetIf we take one step amissRead More Lyrical: Last Leaf by OK GoAnd if you should be the last seed in Spring to venture forth a leaf/I’ll still be here waiting on the rain …
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Care Package for Sunday, April 11, 2021
Poetry: We have no choice in the bodies that hold us by Holly AmosThing of dirt and water and oxygen marked by thinkingand reacting and a couchone may or may not be permittedto sleep on. He may not permit meRead More Lyrical: Gonna Buy Me a Dog by The Monkees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqmRF32xKQo Art: Goya’s Manuel Osorio …
Care Package for Saturday, April 10, 2021
Poetry: Winter to Spring by Irvin W. UnderhillDid not I remember that my hair is grey With only a fringe of it left,I’d follow your footsteps from wee break of day Till night was of moon-light bereft.Read More Lyrical: Hometown by Sarah JaroszWhat makes a life complete?/Roads traveled and people you meet?/Or is …
Care Package for Friday, April 9, 2021
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 Lyrical: Dear Mr. Fantasy by …
Care Package for Thursday, April 8, 2021
Poetry: Ode to My Socks by Pablo NerudaMaru Mori brought mea pairof sockswhich she knitted herselfRead More Lyrical: Bittersweet by Big Head Todd and the MonstersIt’s bittersweet/More sweet than bitter/Bitter than sweet/It’s a bittersweet surrender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXV8oyIsvpE Art: Tughra (Insignia) of Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-66) Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “It will never rain roses: …
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