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day 26: land

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day 26: land

a poem a day in the month of may

Kaitlin Curtice
May 26, 2023
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Friends,

We begin the 5-day countdown to the end of May, and the end of our time together. For so many reasons, this month has gone by so fast, but I hope that these moments with poetry and the power of words have fed all of us.

And it helps us ask the question: what are we going to do in June? And July? And in the coming months?

What does slowing down with words teach us about how we should be living our lives? Where should we make changes? Where can we slow down?

Today’s prompt is the word LAND and I can’t help but think about the connection between LAND and story.

The land has a story to tell.
It is dripping in the sap on the trees,
humming beneath the bubbling streams,
weaving its way through the forests,
stretched thin but strong, like a spiderweb.
The story of the land is forgotten,
covered up by years of colonization,
and yet, it cannot be overcome.
The land has always existed, and
the land keeps existing, so
stories keep existing and they cannot
be forgotten, no matter how hard we try.
Place your hands on the ground.
Lay your body in the dirt.
Talk to the plants inside your home.
Write love letters to Mama Earth.
Float on water and listen.
It is true.
We have been removed from the land,
our very bodies, our very beings.
Something in the relationship has been
broken, never to be repaired again—
and yet,
stories live,
and our best chance
at becoming the humans
we one day hope to be is to
begin listening again to those
stories that are returning us home
to ourselves, one another, and our Mother.
The land is a beacon,
a reset button,
a quiet walk in the woods,
a prayer for forgiveness,
a nod of approval,
a quick kiss on the cheek,
a never-ending journey.
The land is the story,
and so are we the story,
so we continue each other,
forever and ever until the very end.
Iw. Amen.
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Jimmy
May 26

Forget not that the earth delights to feel

your bare feet and that the winds long to

play with your hair

Gibran gave us this wisdom

Because he understood prayer

He understood the beauty of Earth

And the Strength of Land

And why the Wind loves to caress our hair

With her steady, beautiful Hand

The Land holds the Answers

To all of our questions

So let’s learn to tune in and Listen

And let us follow whenever she Beckons

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Karri Brackett
May 26

The Land

Planted

Grazed

Farmed

Cleared

Improved

Preserved

Wasted

Revered

Never any more than there has ever been,

The epitome of the non renewable resource.

Bought

Sold

Stolen

How foolish we are to think that we ever actually own

The Land.

Karri Temple Brackett

May 26, 2023

https://themarvelousandthemundane.com/2023/05/25/down-in-the-valley/

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