Poetry and playlists
Last week, we did a round-up of some news titles.
This week, we are sending you some poetry and some music that we thought you might appreciate!
Because poetry and music are such an important part of regeneration!!!!
Poetry
Black Cherries By W. S. Merwin
Late in May as the light lengthens
toward summer the young goldfinches
flutter down through the day for the first time
to find themselves among fallen petals
cradling their day's colors in the day's shadows
of the garden beside the old house
after a cold spring with no rain
not a sound comes from the empty village
as I stand eating the black cherries
from the loaded branches above me
saying to myself Remember this
Redbird Love By Joy Harjo
We watched her grow up.
She was the urgent chirper,
Fledgling flier.
And when spring rolled
Out its green
She’d grown
Into the most noticeable
Bird-girl.
Long-legged and just
The right amount of blush
Tipping her wings, crest
And tail, and
She knew it
In the bird parade.
We watched her strut.
She owned her stuff.
The males perked their armor, greased their wings,
And flew sky-loop missions
To show off
For her.
In the end
There was only one.
Isn’t that how it is for all of us?
There’s that one you circle back to — for home.
This morning
The young couple scavenges seeds
On the patio.
She is thickening with eggs.
Their minds are busy with sticks the perfect size, tufts of fluff
Like dandelion, and other pieces of soft.
He steps aside for her, so she can eat.
Then we watch him fill his beak
Walk tenderly to her and kiss her with seed.
The sacred world lifts up its head
To notice —
We are double-, triple-blessed.
Playlists
A playlist from The All We Can Save project, which recognizes the importance of both power and joy.
As Dr. Katharine Wilkinson writes, “Moving at the nexus of power and joy might be our closest approximation to lifeforce itself.”
Listen to the playlist →
From the podcast, Fair Folk, the Big Beltane Playlist. It's not too late to get in some May folk songs! This includes both European and American folk songs.
And- on the subject of music, we want to take a moment to uplift the Nueva Cancióm - the New Song Movement from Latin America. Here's an article on the movement including some of the musicians!
Let us know what you are listening to and reading!