Poetry: The Old Arm-Chair by Eliza CookI love it, I love it; and who shall dareTo chide me for loving that old arm-chair?I’ve treasured it long as a sainted prize,I’ve bedew’d it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs;Read More Lyrical: Things Happen by DawesThings happen/That’s all they ever do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpSpMMfQis Art: Zeruah H. Guernsey …
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Women’s History Month Care Package for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Poetry: Introduction by Alice Duer MillerFather, what is a Legislature?A representative body elected by the people of the state.Are women people?Read More Song In My Head:Shame On You by The Indigo Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CdluP9Odbo Art: Wendy Red Star’s Fall Photo credit: arts.gov Quote: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. …
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Care Package for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Poetry: Altitude by Cyrus CassellsYou’ve just died in my arms,But suddenly it seems we’re eternalCali boys, Afro-haired cohorts in crime,Racing through intricate latticesRead More Lyrical: Shot In the Arm by WilcoMaybe all I need is a shot in the arm/Something in my veins bloodier than blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wE17fyb85A Art: Fragmentary Face of King Khafre Photo credit: …
Women’s History Month Care Package for Monday, March 1, 2021
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. Neurons, numbering the stars.Praise their bones. Their spines and skulls,the axis, the atlas: I will not and I shall. Read More Song In My Head: Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys …
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Care Package for Monday, March 1, 2021
Poetry: Like That by Alexandria PearyAn enormous snow-covered branchis threatening the living room.An enormous tanned branchwith snow like heaps of table linensRead More Lyrical: It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by The Tragically HipLet’s get friendship right/Get life day to day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85k4RxqRyv8 Art: Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona’s Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal …