THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY MARJORIE EVASCO.
We are entitled to our own
Definitions of the worlds
We have in common:
Earth house (stay)
Water well (carry)
Fire stove (tend)
Air song (sigh)
Ether dream (die)
And try out new combinations
With key words
Unlocking power:
House on fire sing!
Stove under water stay,
Earth filled well die.
The spells and spellings
Of our vocabularies
Are oracular
In translation
One woman in Pagnito-an
Another in Solentiname
Still another in Harxheim
And many other women
Naming
Half the world together
Can move their earth
Must house their fire
Be water to their song
Will their dreams well.
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