Care Package for Saturday, July 10, 2021

A Week In Alaska (Day 1) Poetry: My Love Sent Me a List by Olena Kalytiak DavisO my Love sent me a lusty list,Did not compare me to a summer’s dayWrote not the beauty of mine eyesRead More Lyrical: Good Morning Moon by Marian Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab2_7WQzulA Art: Yup’ik Face Mask Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “Alaska …

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Care Package for Friday, July 9, 2021

A Week In Alabama (Day 7) Poetry: Nocturne of the Wharves by Arna BontempsAll night they whine upon their ropes and boomagainst the dock with helpless prows:these little ships that are too worn for sailingfront the wharf but do not rest at all.Read More Lyrical: Keep On Smilin’ by Wet WillieKeep on smilin’ through the …

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Care Package for Wednesday, July 7, 2021

A Week In Alabama (Day 5) Poetry: November by Lynna OdelIf I can’t save usthen let me feel youhappy and safeunder my chin.Read More Non-Lyrical: Yellow Dog Blues by W.C. Handy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF1tzyxGHyw Art: Joe Minter’s Four Hundred Years of Free Labor Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is …

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Care Package for Tuesday, July 6, 2021

A Week In Alabama (Day 4) Poetry: Amos (Postscript, 1968) by Margaret WalkerFrom Montgomery to Memphis he marchesHe stands on the threshold of tomorrowHe breaks the bars of iron and they remove the signsRead More Lyrical: Sound and Color by Alabama ShakesSound and color/With me, for my mind/And the ship shows me where to go/When …

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