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American Life in Poetry BY KWAME DAWES Albert Goldbarth’s imagination has the unique penchant for a certain absurdist insistence on the delight we can derive from strangeness. The poet hears his wife singing and thinks of a horse’s skull. This seems like a prelude to intimations of mortality (the poem’s title is, after all, “Tough Day: Closure”), but then, what happens is not quite humor, but dogged joy, “as if the brain/ is determined to sing and fly.” And the image that stays with me is this one, a bird rising out of a horse’s skull.
Tough Day: Closure BY ALBERT GOLDBARTH Upstairs, in the bath, my wife is humming some made-up tune in which the mood of a zoned-out happiness willfully prevails. Why do I suddenly think of the horse skull that I saw last year in the countryside? Because a bird rose out of it, as if the brain is determined to sing and fly, the brain is determined to sing and fly no matter what.
Corner Quote “If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
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BEATS ‘Yellowstone’ soundtrack BY TUCKER HARRIS Season four of American drama television series “Yellowstone” just came to a close. Fans will have to patiently await season five’s release, which is set to go into production in May. In the meantime, Explore Big Sky brings you a playlist of our favorite songs from these past four seasons. Elevate your Yellowstone National Park trip by setting your experience to the "Yellowstone" soundtrack. Or just as well, relax from the comfort of your couch, enjoying these Western tunes to keep your "Yellowstone" stoke alive throughout the year. "Yellowstone" Soundtrack 1. “Wolves” by Ryan Bingham 2. “Dear Rodeo” by Cody Johnson 3. “Nose on the Grindstone (OurVinyl Sessions)” by Tyler Childers, OurVinyl 4. “The Humbling River” by Puscifier 5. “Stone” by Whiskey Myers 6. “Howlin at the Moon” by Bad Flamingo 7. “Peace in the Pines” by Kolton Moore & the Clever Few 8. “Drunken Poet’s Dream” by Hayes Carll 9. “Ain’t Gonna Drown” by Ellie King 10. “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton
