September 6: Read a Book Day

Classic Readings

It's one of life's sublime delights, to spend
the day immersed in classics: Odyssey
or War and Peace, the human tragedy
of Crime and Punishment; to comprehend

the mind of Poe, the gloom in Dickens' voice;
Camus and Kafka by comparison;
the dulcet rhymes of Frost and Dickinson;
the call to justice -- Angelou, Du Bois;

The Grapes of Wra...

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August 30: Grief Awareness Day

Slave Brother, c. 1860

My brother kneels before the master's fire,

and all the creatures of the darkness cease

their plaintive calls, as churlish winds conspire

to quell what should have been our time of peace.

And like a starry pond his amber skin

reflects a thousand beaded silver pearls,

and with a crack his flesh explodes: a din

of ...

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Pup in Heaven

A maiden stands beside her friend, as evening mist

begins to slip and spirit through the cheery lights

of days that seemed forever. Sleepy eyes resist

the pixie dust and kisses of celestial sprites.

The maiden calls -- a moment's fuss, her little friend

is in her arms; they gather for a rendezvous

with playmates in a castle garden. They ascend

beyond the ...

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