Perhaps the World Ends Here BY JOY HARJO The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live. The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on. We chase chickens or dogs …
I’m the no-no bird,That’s right, that’s me.I live up inThe tantrum Tree.I’m the no-no bird,I won’t say whyI stamp my feetAnd shout and cry.I’M THE NO-NO BIRD!I sulk and singNO! NO! NO! To Everything.by Andrew Fusek Peters
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to …
If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too:If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,Or being hated …
My Symphony To live content with small means.To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion.To be worthy not respectable, and wealthy not rich.To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars, birds, babes, and sages with open heart, to bear all …