Poetry & Music

Classic Reggae From (and Inspired by) Jamaica

Reggae originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and quickly emerged as the country’s dominant music. It was widely [...]

Ithaka: Constantine Cavafy

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Where the Mind is Without Fear: Rabindranath Tagore

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Evolution of Music: Pentatonix

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Guzheng: Spring River Flower Moon Night

https://youtu.be/ujzMHLac404 The guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither-like instrument with 21 strings mounted over [...]

For a New Beginning: John O’Donohue

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Women in Zbran’ky (Ukraine) Singing in Traditional Technique

https://youtu.be/R1qqjZF7H0I Legedzine Village https://youtu.be/objA-cDPBXY Traditional Ukrainian

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me: Maya Angelou

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Live Your Life: Chief Tecumseh

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Life of Pi: Bombay Jayashree

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Biden’s Inaugural Poet: Amanda Gorman

Choices: Nikki Giovanni

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Phenomenal Women: Maya Angelou

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Viktor E. Frankl

[Viktor E. Frankl]"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose [...]

A Poem of Friendship: Nikki Giovanni

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Remember Me: Miguel

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

"You can disagree without being disagreeable.""Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.""Fight for the [...]

Newspaper Blackout Poem: Austin Kleon

https://youtu.be/wKpVgoGr6kE This blog is the brainchild of [...]

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

[Pema Chödrön] “The only time we really know what’s really going on is when the rug’s been pulled out from [...]

Partition: W. H. Auden

Auden's 1966 poem "Partition" is a caustic criticism of the five weeks Cyril Radcliffe spent in the subcontinent [...]

Rupa & the April Fishes: Metamorphosis

Rupa and the April Fishes: Por la Frontera

Here: A Visual Poem

An experimental visual poem combining video, photography, and animation to examine the lived Black experience and [...]

Paramahansa Yogananda

[Paramahansa Yogananda]"Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the [...]