Happy Earth Day! A friend of mine, retired Laney College professor, and award winning poet and writer, activist, Rafael sends me poetry. I wanted to share it with you for Mama Earth's Birthday Party today. I wonder how old she is?
We will be working via cyber-space Wednesday, April 23, Thursday, April 24 and Monday, April 28. We meet again, when your essays are due, Tuesday, April 29. On Tuesday, students will read each other's essay and respond.
Today from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the F-Bldg. there will be a staged reading of Quilombo, the Play. Drop by, it's a great story of resistance and faith set in Brazil.
Don't forget, Nikki Giovanni is reading her poetry at the Oakland Museum Thursday, April 24. Visit www.oaklandlibrary.net or www.wandaspicks.com.
If We Do Not Speak
If we do not speak to praise the Earth,
it is best we keep silent.
Praise air
that fills the bellow of the lung
& feeds our heart's blood;
that carries light,
the smell of flowers & the seas,
the songs of birds & the wind's howl;
that conspires with distance
to make the mountains blue.
Praise fire
that lights the day & warms the night,
cooks our food & gives motion to our wills;
that is the heart of Earth, this fragment of a star;
that burns & purifies for good or ill.
Praise water
that makes the rivers & the seas;
that gives substance to the clouds and us;
that makes green the forests & the fields;
that swells the fruit & wombs our birth.
Praise earth
that is the ground, the mountain, & the stones;
that holds the forests & is the desert sand;
that builds our bones & salts the seas, the blood;
that is our home & place.
If we do not speak in praise of the Earth,
if we do not sing in celebration of life,
it is best we keep silence.
© Rafael Jesús González 2008
We will be working via cyber-space Wednesday, April 23, Thursday, April 24 and Monday, April 28. We meet again, when your essays are due, Tuesday, April 29. On Tuesday, students will read each other's essay and respond.
Today from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the F-Bldg. there will be a staged reading of Quilombo, the Play. Drop by, it's a great story of resistance and faith set in Brazil.
Don't forget, Nikki Giovanni is reading her poetry at the Oakland Museum Thursday, April 24. Visit www.oaklandlibrary.net or www.wandaspicks.com.
If We Do Not Speak
If we do not speak to praise the Earth,
it is best we keep silent.
Praise air
that fills the bellow of the lung
& feeds our heart's blood;
that carries light,
the smell of flowers & the seas,
the songs of birds & the wind's howl;
that conspires with distance
to make the mountains blue.
Praise fire
that lights the day & warms the night,
cooks our food & gives motion to our wills;
that is the heart of Earth, this fragment of a star;
that burns & purifies for good or ill.
Praise water
that makes the rivers & the seas;
that gives substance to the clouds and us;
that makes green the forests & the fields;
that swells the fruit & wombs our birth.
Praise earth
that is the ground, the mountain, & the stones;
that holds the forests & is the desert sand;
that builds our bones & salts the seas, the blood;
that is our home & place.
If we do not speak in praise of the Earth,
if we do not sing in celebration of life,
it is best we keep silence.
© Rafael Jesús González 2008
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 9:06 AM
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