<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I have never walked the Preserve, but I will after reading your beautiful words Kate!<div><br></div><div>Lelly<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2021, at 6:44 AM, Susan Margraf via oxford63 <oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">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👏❤️<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 21, 2021, at 11:35 PM, Kate Chappell via oxford63 <oxford63@mailman.cyber-community.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><br><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hello friends,<div>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.”</div><div>Join if you can.</div><div>Love,</div><div>Kate<br><br><div dir="ltr">Kate Cheney Chappell<div>P.O. Box 920</div><div>Kennebunk, ME, 04043</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">www.katechappellartspace</span>.com </div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> andrea rothkimmich <arothkimmich@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> March 13, 2021 at 8:48:33 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Eco-Justice Project <ecojustice@splitthisrock.org>, Megan Grumbling <mgrumbling@hotmail.com>, meghansterling36@gmail.com, natalie.dana@maine.edu, Katherine Cheney Chappell <katecheneychapell@icloud.com>, Kathleen Ellis <kathleen.ellis@maine.edu><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Flyer for our Eco-Justice Poetry nite March 31st @6 PLUS ONE!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Greetings, all. 'Hope you’re happy with this flyer and that you will share it with your circles (pods!)</div><div>The EZ link to access the March 31st event is : <span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/83334622472" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(14, 113, 235); text-decoration-line: none; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px;" class="">https://networkmaine.zoom.us/j/83334622472</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div> </div><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px;" class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><March 31st Women Poets Speak Flyer moved.pdf></div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 12px;" class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">
</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 31px;">With Rachel in Her Refuge</span></div></div></blockquote><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">But man is a part of nature,</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">and his war against nature </span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-style: italic;">is ultimately a war against himself. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– </span><span class="s4">Rachel Carson</span></p><p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4"></span><br></p><p class="p4" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s4"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">In this refuge named for you</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">trees topple now and lean</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">I see you in the shape of the land</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">your head to the east </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">your sea-combed hair</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">spread across the marsh</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">your mouth the river’s mouth</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">your hands the estuary’s fingers</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">patient for spring</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">waiting as the blowdowns</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">erode your sides, slide and pull</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">the very earth of you oceanward.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">Returning like sea water </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">to salt pans, you wait</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">for the white-throat in the stillness</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">of snow falling on dry leaves,</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">wait for your voice to rise</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">through half a century’s abuse</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">into our time of wildfires</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">fracking <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>droughts <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>floods:</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">challenging man and his war</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">against nature once again,</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">a still small voice</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">still waiting to be heard.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p5" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;">——</span><span class="s6" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Kate Cheney Chappell</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><span class="s5" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22.7px; 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