Invitation to Oral Tradition Poetry Salon - The World Speaks - Saturday, May 7 in Sebastopol
Larry Robinson
Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Tue Apr 26 12:35:53 PDT 2016
You are cordially invited to an Oral Tradition Poetry Salon
The World Speaks
Saturday, May 7
7:00 PM
at the home of Larry Robinson
460 Eleanor Avenue
Sebastopol
At the midpoint between the Spring equinox and the Summer solstice and the day before Mothers’ Day, we will gather to honor our Mother Earth with poetry, story and song recited and shared from the heart.
You are encouraged to bring a snack or beverage to share.
Space is limited. To reserve a seat, please do not reply to this message. Instead, send me a message at Lrobpoet at sonic.net with the number of seats you wish to save and the names of the people who will occupy them.
Earth Dweller
It was all the clods at once become
precious; it was the barn, and the shed,
and the windmill, my hands, the crack
Arlie made in the ax handle: oh, let me stay
here humbly, forgotten, to rejoice in it all;
let the sun casually rise and set.
If I have not found the right place,
teach me; for, somewhere inside the clods are
vaulted mansions, lines through the barn sing
for the saints forever, the shed and windmill
rear so glorious the sun shudders like a gong.
Now I know why people worship, carry around
magic emblems, wake up talking dreams
they teach to their children: the world speaks.
The world speaks everything to us.
It is our only friend.
- William Stafford
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