Poetry: Eve Remembering by Toni Morrison1I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its free.My hands were warmed by the heat of an appleFire red and humming.Read More Song In My Head: Drone Bomb Me by Anohni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUEoic7ro_o Art: Loïs Mailou Jones’ Young Man In Red Sweater Photo credit: americanart.si.edu Quote: “You’ve got to …
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Poetry: Dog Park by Brandon BrownI told Alli I really wantedto write a poem called “Dog Park.”In bed she’s like you could make ita New Yorker poem, where youRead More Song In My Head: If I Ever Lose My Faith In You by Sting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7km4EHgkQiw Art: Master IC (probably John Court)’s Dish: The Destruction of …
Poetry: It Is Maybe Time to Admit That Michael Jordan Definitely Pushed Off by Hanif Abdurraqibthat one time in the ’98 NBA finals & in praise ofone man’s hand on the waist of another’s & inpraise of the ways we guide our ships to theRead More Song In My Head: Ball of Confusion by The …
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Poetry: You Are Who I Love by Aracelis GirmayYou, selling roses out of a silver grocery cartYou, in the park, feeding the pigeonsYou cheering for the beesYou with cats in your voice in the morning,Feeding catsRead More Song In My Head:I Am Her by Shea Diamond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_zOOnvB7K8 Art: Amy Sherald’s Planes, Rockets, and the Spaces …
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Poetry: The Empty Cup by Katharine Rolston FisherEvening at Occoquan. Rain pelts the workhouse roof.The prison matrons are sewing together for the Red CrossThe women prisoners are going to bed in two long rows.Read More Song In My Head: Rise by Eddie Vedder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXQSRuLeSEM Art: John La Farge’s …
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