Poetry: Summer Morn in New Hampshire by Claude McKayAll yesterday it poured, and all night long I could not sleep; the rain unceasing beatUpon the shingled roof like a weird song, Upon the grass like running children’s feet.Read More Lyrical: Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby and the RangeI’ll do my time/keeping you off …
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Care Package for Thursday, June 24, 2021
Poetry: The House at Long Lake by Philip MetresHow a house is a self & else, a seeping intoof light and deciding the day A house so close Read More Lyrical: Night at Lake Unknown by Conor OberstI drift away it’s night at lake unknown, I’m floating/I see it all for what it is/Most …
Care Package for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Poetry: Grace Among the Ferns by Analicia SoteloThe ferns – sharp lime green, lean overthe concrete like a woman over a boardwalkon a bright spring day like this, though maybe it is betterRead More Lyrical: Grace, Too by The Tragically HipI come from downtown, born ready for you/Armed with will and determination, and grace, too …
Care Package for Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Poetry: Actually Very Simple by Jay DeshpandeHe came back from halfway around the world like that,tongue tied around him like a scarf. Everything set before himset to bursting. The fear that what he’d seen – Read More Lyrical: Nobody’s Fault But Mine by Ry CooderJesus taught me what to do, and Buddha taught me what to …
Care Package for Friday, June 18, 2021
Poetry: The Aged Pilot Man by Mark TwainOn the Erie Canal, it was, All on a summer’s day,I sailed forth with my parents Far away to Albany.Read More Lyrical: Paradise by John PrineWhen I die let my ashes float down the Green River/Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam/I’ll be …