<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">You are cordially invited to join us for an Oral Tradition Poetry Salon </span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><b style="font-size: 36px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 36px;" class="">The shimmering light of each ascent</b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Saturday, June 25, 2016 </b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">7:00 PM</b> </div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">at the home of Rebecca Evert in Sebastopol</div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="">We will gather in community to celebrate the Summer Solstice by sharing poetry, story and song learned by heart. </div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Seating is limited.</span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">To reserve a space and to get directions, please contact Rebecca at <a href="mailto:revert@sonic.net" class="">revert@sonic.net</a></span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fb2d32">Do not reply to this message!</font></span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fb2d32"><br class=""></font></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fb2d32"><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#fb2d32"><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><div class="">You see I want a lot</div><div class="">Maybe I want it all:</div><div class="">the darkness of each endless fall,</div><div class="">The shimmering light of each ascent.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So many are alive who don't seem to care.</div><div class="">Causal, easy, they move in the world</div><div class="">as though untouched.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But you take pleasure in the faces </div><div class="">of those who know they thirst.</div><div class="">You cherish those</div><div class="">who grip you for survival.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You are not dead yet, it's not too late</div><div class="">to open your depths by plunging into them</div><div class="">and drink in the life</div><div class="">that reveals itself quietly there.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Rainer Maria Rilke</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></span></body></html>