Poetry: Life by Edith WhartonLife, like a marble block, is given to all,A blank, inchoate mass of years and days,Whence one with ardent chisel swift essaysSome shape of strength or symmetry to call;Read More Song In My Head:Just a Girl by No Doubt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHzOOQfhPFg Art: Estelle Asmodelle’s Lollipop Sunshine Photo credit: saatchiart.com Quote: “You can’t …
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Poetry: Dawn by John Gould FletcherAbove the east horizon,the great red flower of the dawnopens slowly, petal by petal;Read More Lyrical: Revelator by Gillian WelchQueen of the fakes and imitators/Time’s the revelator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_uFpbXZ9k Art: Simeon Solomon’s Dawn (Head of Hypnos) Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Foolishness sleeps soundly, while knowledge turns with each thinking hour, longing …
One of the great pleasures that comes with living in a small town in northern Vermont is the ability to become an international traveler just by driving a few miles up the road. From where I make my home, there are four border crossings no more than 20 minutes away. The closest is a five …
Poetry: Still I Rise by Maya AngelouYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise.Read More Song In My Head: You Don’t Own Me by Lesley Gore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTpvirQ-hPA Art: FromZackary Drucker’s Distance is Where the Heart Is, Home is Where You …
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Poetry: America is Loving Me to Death by Michael Kleber-Diggs acrostic golden shovelAmerica is loving me to death, loving me to death slowly, and IMainly try not to be disappeared here, knowing she won’t pledgeEven tolerance in return. Dear God, I can’t offer allegiance.Read More Lyrical: Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers) by …
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