Thursday, April 22, 2010
HAPPY EARTH DAY: Robin Beth Schaer reads her poem, day 93
Endangerment Finding
Admit our sun is common, a Milky Way twin
to a hundred million more. Even its end
ordinary, no stellar explosion, it will snap
hydrogen to helium then cool to a dense core.
You squint skyward, still wanting the corona
of a bright god, the unconquered sun that chose us
to spin around. But there is no need for tributes
of maize and falcon wings while we burn
the oil of light left epochs ago. You may ratify
the droughts and downpours, assign blame
for melting ice and rising seas, but I can count
more kinds of hammers than turtles;
we need instinct, not law. The dogs of Pompeii
howled for days, even snakes slithered
from Helice. In the Gallatin Range, the bears
left the forest. At night, a slice of mountain shook
down, sleepers drowned in their beds, soaked
in waves off the lake. When the ground stilled
the bears returned, covered with mud. Hush.
Listen to our internal combustion rumble.
There is more elegance in turning photon
to electron to motion. Let us trade the old sun
for the new one, sustain ourselves, wet and green,
within this delicate spindle of axis and orbit.
Robin Beth Schaer is the recipient of fellowships from the Saltonstall Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her work has appeared in Denver Quarterly, Barrow Street, and Washington Square, among others, and recordings of her poems are featured on From the Fishouse. She lives in New York City and works at the Academy of American Poets.
Originally posted on April 22, 2009
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nicely done
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Obama
It is natural
to be cautious
it's not quite Einsteins dice
though it's close
at times
the people whispering
into your ear
how you can alleviate poverty
forge trust
feed a continet
on fire
if you will only
hold back
wait until 2013
safely ensconced in victory
you will be able to
break the brittle lies
of ineffectual wags
these folks have
never
obviously
sadly
read Dostoyevsky
the boisterous cowards
who will always
alas
be with us
Don't heed them
push every direction at once
before a star goes supernova
the pressure in unbearable
think of the Gandhi quote
on the poorest person
think of your position to
actually do something
history is replete with
con artists
smooth shuffling
bullshitters
who destroy by indifference
the expectations are
ridiculous
the hope
absurdly
salvific at times
climbing out of that safety
requires steel and balls
be the steel that bends
have the cojones to care
the system is on life support
you can make the call
I absolutely love the poem, Robin!
ReplyDeleteWonderful and moving work, Robin. I found this just in time for Earth Day, 2011.
ReplyDeleteThought provoking work. I'm so glad I found this site.
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ReplyDeleteVery thought provoking words. I'm not sure that Obama has lived up to the expectations we had. As "wound dresser" said "The system is still on life support".
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