Sweet water ripples
falls fruit ripe
lovely breath
lush was paradise
until
anchors dropped
sailoirs landfall
legacy:
color flows out of the world
what words for this loss
life flows out of the earth
tiniest to largest creature vanishing
words cannot serve this loss
sky closes saturated with human waste
homo sapiens self harms
collateral damage in excess
all life flows out of the earth
words fail
waters cries
~~~
In the sixties,
In a Catholic school,
Thou Shall Not Ask:
“Where are all the Indian People?”
Answer:
Time out,
On your knees in the corner,
Another pink slip home.
In 2016,
“Where are all the Indigenous People?
Answer:
At Standing Rock defending the Water, Earth and Sky.
NoDAPL
om mani padme hum jewel in the lotus wahupa qi prana universal life energy
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47whitebuffalo said,
December 22, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Ahh Larry, thanks for visiting my blogcasa for a poetry reading. Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated my friend. 🙂
lgambill said,
December 10, 2016 at 8:05 pm
Ah! Eva, Elegy for Paradise! Good writing my friend. Thank you.
still a dreamer said,
October 24, 2016 at 9:19 pm
My pleasure. You are really keeping up with to NoDaPL and doing a great job; I can stop by and see what’s going on from time to time, but unfortunately am not able to really keep up with you. I’m always glad that people like yourself bring these important issues to others’ attention. I’m always happy to learn more, so for that, thank you.
47whitebuffalo said,
November 13, 2016 at 9:53 pm
Your kind words are much appreciated.
I think I missed my calling for investigative reporting. LOL.
#NoDAPL is connected with the Standing Rock Lakota –and considering my long term research/writing efforts makes it impossible to not ‘follow’.
Take care and enjoy all your local trees.
still a dreamer said,
October 17, 2016 at 4:15 pm
Well, I came to comment appreciatively on your lovely poem and express my amazement that schools punished children for questioning the whereabouts/existence of Indians. I sure didn’t expect that video on so-totally-revered Christopher Columbus. I am utterly reviled, needless to say, and deeply saddened at the loss of an entire culture almost entirely at one person’s hand. I am really just stunned.
Hi. 🙂
47whitebuffalo said,
October 24, 2016 at 6:37 pm
“Stunned”–well, that says a great deal. Thank you for taking the time for the unpleasant history lesson. The first time I learned of the sexual traffic in young girls I too was “stunned”.
As for school punishment–this is from my personal experience in a Catholic grade school. I can’t say it was standard operating procedure across the board.
I know you’re very busy so I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blogcasa.