Saturday, July 13, 2019

Orion Magazine | Caretaking

Orion Magazine | Caretaking: LOCAL ECONOMIES are the foundation of democracy, sanity, and a healthy natural world. Wendell Berry and Helena Norberg-Hodge explain why.

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Ayohu Kanogisdi Death Song By Carroll Arnett

Ayohu Kanogisdi Death Song By Carroll Arnett

aya ahaniquo       I am here only
usdi nahiyu          a little while
ayagvgeyu           I have loved
ulihelisdi elohi     the joy of the earth
osiyo ayohu         hello death

Source: Night Perimeter: new and selected poems 1958-1990.
New York: Greenfield Review Press, 1991.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Blossom

Blossom

A woman in Central American robe
reveals her truth
with pictures of children.
Why is the U.S. at war
with children?
Can the next round of slaughter be stopped?

I believe she was sent by Heaven.
I wish she would stay forever.
One day, however, she must fly above
earthly empires of greed and war.
She will be home again
arrayed in a gown of millions of living lights.

May her truth
like spring rain
soak us to our core
to cause us all to blossom
to display
what is human
what is beautiful.