[Oxford63] Fwd: Flyer for our Eco-Justice Poetry nite March 31st @6 PLUS ONE!

Leslie Barlow lesliebarlowphoto at snet.net
Mon Mar 22 05:46:42 MDT 2021


I have never walked the Preserve, but I will after reading your beautiful words Kate!

Lelly

Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 22, 2021, at 6:44 AM, Susan Margraf via oxford63 <oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful poem. I have walked Rachel’s Preserve many times and your poem is so real. And inspiring! Susie👏❤️
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Mar 21, 2021, at 11:35 PM, Kate Chappell via oxford63 <oxford63 at mailman.cyber-community.com> wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello friends,
>>> Here is a program I am moderating to celebrate Earth Day, Poetry month and Women’s history month (March). Great lineup of poets! It is organized by the Planeteers of Southern Maine in partnership with the Kennebunk Library. I will be hosting and reading my poem, “With Rachel in Her Refuge.”
>>> Join if you can.
>>> Love,
>>> Kate
>>> 
>>> Kate Cheney Chappell
>>> P.O. Box 920
>>> Kennebunk, ME, 04043
>>> 
>>> www.katechappellartspace.com 
>>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
>>>> From: andrea rothkimmich <arothkimmich at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: March 13, 2021 at 8:48:33 AM EST
>>>> To: Eco-Justice Project <ecojustice at splitthisrock.org>, Megan Grumbling <mgrumbling at hotmail.com>, meghansterling36 at gmail.com, natalie.dana at maine.edu, Katherine Cheney Chappell <katecheneychapell at icloud.com>, Kathleen Ellis <kathleen.ellis at maine.edu>
>>>> Subject: Flyer for our Eco-Justice Poetry nite March 31st @6 PLUS ONE!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Greetings, all.  'Hope you’re happy with this flyer and that you will share it with your circles (pods!)
>>>> The EZ link to access the March 31st event is :  https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/83334622472
>>>> 
>>>>  
>> <March 31st Women Poets Speak Flyer moved.pdf>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> With Rachel in Her Refuge
>>> 
>>> But man is a part of nature,
>>> and his war against nature 
>>> is ultimately a war against himself.    – Rachel Carson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In this refuge named for you
>>> 
>>> trees topple now and lean
>>> 
>>> I see you in the shape of the land
>>> 
>>> your head to the east 
>>> 
>>> your sea-combed hair
>>> 
>>> spread across the marsh
>>> 
>>> your mouth the river’s mouth
>>> 
>>> your hands the estuary’s fingers
>>> 
>>> patient for spring
>>> 
>>> waiting as the blowdowns
>>> 
>>> erode your sides, slide and pull
>>> 
>>> the very earth of you oceanward.
>>> 
>>> Returning like sea water 
>>> 
>>> to salt pans, you wait
>>> 
>>> for the white-throat in the stillness
>>> 
>>> of snow falling on dry leaves,
>>> 
>>> wait for your voice to rise
>>> 
>>> through half a century’s abuse
>>> 
>>> into our time of wildfires
>>> 
>>> fracking    droughts    floods:
>>> 
>>> challenging man and his war
>>> 
>>> against nature once again,
>>> 
>>> a still small voice
>>> 
>>> still waiting to be heard.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ——Kate Cheney Chappell
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
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