“Remember the Sky...”
by Joy Harjo
Remember the sky you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of the time. Remember sundown
and the giving away to night.
Remember the moon; remember the dark.
Remember your birth, how you were given breath.
You were given laughter, you were given crying.
Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth; we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them;
listen to them. They are alive.
Remember the winds. Remember their voices. They know the
origin of this universe.
Remember you are all people and all people
are you.
Remember you are this universe and this
universe is you.
Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.
Remember. Remember.
On Wednesdays I start class by asking students to write about a poem. Today's poem produced great written responses although the students reaction was mixed about the poem itself. Since this is an image challenge, I'll move towards Friday (if only the week was moving towards Friday more quickly). On Fridays I always do some kind of a quick write. This Friday's quick write is an image. How would you start your quick write if you were given three minutes to write about this picture? Feel free to time yourself.
http://www.slideshare.net/beckerl1/pictures-for-writing-prompts
by Joy Harjo
Remember the sky you were born under,
know each of the star’s stories.
Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the
strongest point of the time. Remember sundown
and the giving away to night.
Remember the moon; remember the dark.
Remember your birth, how you were given breath.
You were given laughter, you were given crying.
Remember the earth whose skin you are:
red earth, black earth, yellow earth, white earth
brown earth; we are earth.
Remember the plants, trees, animal life who all have their
tribes, their families, their histories, too. Talk to them;
listen to them. They are alive.
Remember the winds. Remember their voices. They know the
origin of this universe.
Remember you are all people and all people
are you.
Remember you are this universe and this
universe is you.
Remember all is in motion, is growing, is you.
Remember. Remember.
On Wednesdays I start class by asking students to write about a poem. Today's poem produced great written responses although the students reaction was mixed about the poem itself. Since this is an image challenge, I'll move towards Friday (if only the week was moving towards Friday more quickly). On Fridays I always do some kind of a quick write. This Friday's quick write is an image. How would you start your quick write if you were given three minutes to write about this picture? Feel free to time yourself.
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