<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=""><b style="font-size: 36px;" class="">You are cordially invited to join us for an Oral Tradition Poetry Salon</b><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></font><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">Beautiful Mother</b></font></div><div class="">In honor of Earth Day</div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">Saturday, April 21</b></font></div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><b class="">7:00 PM</b></font></div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="5" class="">at the home of Larry Robinson and Cynthia Kishi</font></div><div class=""><font size="5" class="">460 Eleanor Ave., Sebastopol</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Seating is limited. To reserve a seat please reply to<b style="" class=""> <span style="" class="">Lro<a href="mailto:bpoet@sonic.net" class="">bpoet@sonic.net</a></span></b> with the number of seats you would like and the names of those who will occupy the seats. Please remember that we cannot accommodate everyone who would like to come, so out of respect for others, only reserve the seats you will use. No-shows and last minute cancellations deprive others of the opportunity to enjoy the evening.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We Have A Beautiful Mother</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We have a beautiful</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Mother</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her hills</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Are buffaloes</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her buffaloes</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Hills.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We have a beautiful</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Mother</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her oceans</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Are wombs</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her wombs</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Oceans.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We have a beautiful</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Mother</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her teeth</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The white stones</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">At the edge</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Of the water</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The summer</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Grasses</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her plentiful</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Hair.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">We have a beautiful</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Mother</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her green lap</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Immense</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her brown embrace</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Eternal</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Her blue body</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Everything we know.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- <span style="" class="">Alice Walker</span></span></div></div></div></body></html>