Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
September Events
Free Thursday Evenings at ASI 3 PM – 8 PM American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Avenue South Free Explore the ASI galleries and the historic Turnblad Mansion with free admission beginning September 1. https://asimn.org. There will be live music on select Thursdays, starting with Scott Keever on Sept. 1st. Keever is an award-winning fingerstyle guitarist who combines an American roots sound with other far ranging styles. https://asimn.org/event/music-thursdays-at-asi-scott-keever Noojimo (She Heals) Through September 17 All My Relations Arts 1414 East Franklin Avenue Free Noojimo (She Heals) celebrates the importance of Aunties in Indigenous spaces. In many Indigenous communities, the Auntie serves as an extra parental role – one who provides mental, physical, and spiritual support to younger relatives. http://www.allmyrelationsarts.com/noojimo-she-heals/ Art Design by Alice Butts Through Our Eyes Festival September 9 – 18 Open Eye [...]
TODAY MY HEART IS HEAVY
By BARB TILSEN May 25, 2022 Today my heart is heavy Whenever the news arrives of children dying The six year old found in the trunk of a car Shot by his mother While that story is still freshly told the News brings yet more details of the shooting yesterday with the horror of deja vu Nineteen children in Texas 2nd graders 3rd graders 4th graders Beautiful and precious Murdered By an 18 year old With an assault rifle he bought On his birthday Leaving his childhood behind In bloody footprints Bringing haunting memory Of another school shooting of our young children Carried in Sandy Hook’s river of tears Bringing the stark truth that lies at the center of our country’s stalemated inaction We are a nation that allows our children To be murdered It is our legacy It is our history The heartbreaking picture comes to the fore Large numbers of beloved Native children Stolen away to [...]
