I woke up to a revolution
It wasn’t pretty
Blood soaked the dirty streets
Anxious excitement held peace in the heart of a continent
awakened once again
The enlightened ones came out of the pyramids that day
Every soul awakened
filled the streets with a message of Peace
Dignity
Community
Love
The mighty laid down their swords
began the real work
of commitment
I woke up to a revolution
It wasn’t anything
Fear kept us off the streets
locked within our pain
afraid of the madman inside
I woke up to a revolution
There was no one
The earth was still
quietly rumbling
We sat like midwives
waiting for the inevitable
birth of our new world
And it was gorgeous
everything
everyone!
What makes a circle complete, she asks.
Is it the connecting of one end of a line to another on paper?
A story like a prayer told from beginning to end
Alpha to Omega?
A mouth completely open to receive
the circle of love?
Something small, daily or casual?
Easy as slipping a ring on a finger
and keeping it’s promise?
The wheel of life never-ending
in a cycle of birth, death, rebirth?
Building dreams one day at a time
out to the edge of the universe and back?
With all of the hands of all of the people of all of the languages
clasped around the Earth.
!!! 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Santa Fe performers include: !!!!
Israel Francisco Haros Lopez
rosS Hamlin
Robert Covelli
Janet Eigner
Donald Levering
Tom Ireland
Dani Katz
Anne Valley-Fox
Trish Diana
Joan Didak
Marcia Starck
Kate Braverman
& Sean Woodyard
(not necessarily in this order)
I’ve also heard rumors that we might be joined by Ralph Melcher and some students from the Santa Fe High Schools!
“100 Thousand Poets for Change – over 4,300,000 Google hits. Over 34,000 hits this month on the central website. For those of you wondering if anyone is listening – there’s your answer. Change starts with a single word. We’re about to sing~” Zachary Kluckman, (Albuquerque organizer extraordinaire)
http://youtu.be/U45Q9QhixQE
3 posters/flyers by artist/poet Israel ‘Azul’ Francisco Haros Lopez!!
by Sean O’Neil
I WOKE UP by Joan Didak
I woke up to a revolution
It wasn’t pretty
Blood soaked the dirty streets
Anxious excitement held peace in the heart of a continent
awakened once again
The enlightened ones came out of the pyramids that day
Every soul awakened
filled the streets with a message of Peace
Dignity
Community
Love
The mighty laid down their swords
began the real work
of commitment
I woke up to a revolution
It wasn’t anything
Fear kept us off the streets
locked within our pain
afraid of the madman inside
I woke up to a revolution
There was no one
The earth was still
quietly rumbling
We sat like midwives
waiting for the inevitable
birth of our new world
And it was gorgeous
everything
everyone!
C. Joan Didak, 3/7/11
Creative Visionaries Unite!
COMPLETE by Joan Didak
What makes a circle complete, she asks.
Is it the connecting of one end of a line to another on paper?
A story like a prayer told from beginning to end
Alpha to Omega?
A mouth completely open to receive
the circle of love?
Something small, daily or casual?
Easy as slipping a ring on a finger
and keeping it’s promise?
The wheel of life never-ending
in a cycle of birth, death, rebirth?
Building dreams one day at a time
out to the edge of the universe and back?
With all of the hands of all of the people of all of the languages
clasped around the Earth.
c. Joan Didak
9/11/11
!!! 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Santa Fe performers include: !!!!
Israel Francisco Haros Lopez
rosS Hamlin
Robert Covelli
Janet Eigner
Donald Levering
Tom Ireland
Dani Katz
Anne Valley-Fox
Trish Diana
Joan Didak
Marcia Starck
Kate Braverman
& Sean Woodyard
(not necessarily in this order)
I’ve also heard rumors that we might be joined by Ralph Melcher and some students from the Santa Fe High Schools!
“100 Thousand Poets for Change – over 4,300,000 Google hits. Over 34,000 hits this month on the central website. For those of you wondering if anyone is listening – there’s your answer. Change starts with a single word. We’re about to sing~” Zachary Kluckman, (Albuquerque organizer extraordinaire)
it’s not too late to sign up!
also performing !!!
from Tamela Harkins’ creative writing & poetry classes at Santa Fe High School:
Delaney Covelli
Ariana Maestas
Chloe Wolff