Are you distraught?

I love this one by Ocean Vuong. Read his poem “Old Glory” if this one speaks to you, or check one of his books out (from the library!).

Joy Harjo for prompt #5. We want to hear your songs too.

Day 4, We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks.

Li-Young Lee reminds us in “From Blossoms” that joy and grief sit side by side, that sweetness always carries a shadow.

Willow
Tombstone
True Romance

Fuck Nazis.

you have to understand,
that no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land

Empathy is a muscle and poetry is the exercise.

Poetry as resistance, poetry as refuge. This April, Treehouse Literary Arts Studio is celebrating National Poetry Month with 30 days prompts, highlighting marginalized voices that speak truth to power. Join us for daily poems and share your own work.

Calling all writers and rock & rollers! Join us for a flash CNF workshop, we’ll jam out to 4 from songs from Dave’s vault - classic, yacht, 80s, grunge - and explore the shape and form of writing flash.

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Come hang out with us at Treehouse! Online and $80 for 8 weeks, or we have lots one one-night only workshops for specific focuses like writing dialogue. While they’re not technically a co-op, they’re definitely a democracy where everyone is equal. Also fun, informal, often silly, always meaningful.

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Love this Robert Frost poem that is making the rounds today.

Stupid Chuck Norris

The Man Who Sold The World YouTube video by Rhoda Dakar - Topic

What’s that? Would I like a British ska revival cover of Bowie by an all-girl 2 Tone group?

Why, yes, yes I would.

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“Westminster assembly”
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Ha, it was written by JJ Abrams!

Simple Jack (2009) Full Extended Trailer - Official/High Quality YouTube video by buk69age99

This feels like…

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Regarding Henry? Sounds made up.

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The Clash - Clampdown (Live at the Lewisham Odeon) YouTube video by theclashVEVO

Apparently today is International Clash Day. Anyone want to play “which Clash song feels most appropriate at the moment”?

I nominate Clampdown, which was originally titled “For Fuck Sake” which pretty much says it all.

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Bill Hader's SNL audition 😂 #SNL YouTube video by Foxtel

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Muppet Songs: The Bun Bun Brothers - Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah YouTube video by Muppet Songs

I get Alan Arkin and Alan Alda confused every single time.

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