White Winter Hymnal

"Winter Forest" - Zi De Chen

I was following the pack

All swallowed in their coats

With scarves of red tied 'round their throats

To keep their little heads

From fallin' in the snow

And I turned 'round and there you go

And, Michael, you would fall

And turn the white snow red as strawberries

In the summertime

- Fleet Foxes

Loves Me Tenderly

A bottle of scotch

A dimesack and a diamond watch

Wouldn't you like that?

A bottle of gin

A typewriter and a violin

Wouldn't you like that?

- The Felice Brothers

Dream Attack

Fringe, S01E17

I just got back from a dream attack that took me by surprise...
- Silver Jews

Carolina

"Jennifer" - Scott Avett

Every scream went bleeding through these paper walls

And all the makeup in the world couldn't hide the scars

I leave today, I'm packing light: a suitcase, some toiletries

The rolling hills and willow trees of Carolina wait for me

- Ben Gibbard

Two Dollar Bill

photo by Duygu Atacan

Well never mind that,
I'm gonna go down to town
I got a two dollar bill and a girl who hangs around
- Hurray for the Riff Raff

I Will Build You A House

If you let me kiss your arms forever I will fold the shirts and bring you tea
You’ll stitch the sleeves and I will sing songs to you while I scramble the eggs
Turn your back on the moon and wear tank tops with stripes
Socks off, we will get a goat, get a car and outrun the sunlight
They’ll never catch us

- Anis Mojgani

Rain Today.

Geoff Benzing

I wake up to a world of trees
Beyond my window
Their bare branches engulfed
In fog
Silent steady witnesses
Calling to me from another time
And place entirely

If you stop and listen
For a moment
They become who they truly are

Sister Socrates

Sita Marie

Please, please, please, Sister Socrates
You always answer with a question
Show some kindness to a petty theif
- Connor Oberst

Underneath

Faces at Chanticlear, Junquegrrl

“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.”
- John Steinbeck