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fire so hot death so dry just ready to let loose fierce heat miles and miles of flames climbing hills and mountains felling trees calling all hearts to burn and break hold in memory lifelines gone a show of hands Written By Bell Hooks

listen little sister angels make their hope here in these hills follow me I will guide you careful now no trespass I will guide you word for word mouth for mouth all the holy ones embracing us all our kin making home here renegade marooned lawless fugitives grace these mountains we have earth to bindContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy *6”

small horses ride me carry my dreams of prairies and frontiers where once the first people roamed claimed union with the earth no right to own or possess no sense of territory all boundaries placed by unseen ones here I will give you thunder shatter your hearts with rain let snow soothe you make yourContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy *5”

earth works thick brown mud clinging pulling a body down heard wounded earth cry bequeath to me the hoe the hope ancestral rights to turn the ground over to shovel and sift until history rewritten resurrected returns to its rightful owners a past to claim yet another stone lifted to throw against the enemy makingContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy *4”

night moves through the thick dark a heavy silence outside near the front window a black bear stamps down plants pushing back brush fleeing manmade confinement roaming unfettered confident any place can become home strutting down a steep hill as though freedom is all in the now no past no present षट् Written By BellContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy *3”

such then is beauty surrendered against all hope you are here again turning slowly nature as chameleon all life change and changing again awakening hearts steady moving from unnamed loss into fierce deep grief that can bear all burdens even the long passage into a shadowy dark where no light enters षट् Written By BellContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy *2”

hear them cry the long dead the long gone speak to us from beyond the grave guide us that we may learn all the ways to hold tender this land hard clay direct rock upon rock charred earth in time strong green growth will rise here trees back to life native flowers pushing the fragranceContinue reading “Appalachian Elegy  *1”

. When you attempt something first time and fail, You will get a next chance… When you try to create something new and it collapse, You will get a next chance…. When your soul gets hurt and no one helps to heal you out… When smile is not enough, Don’t make a pout … WhenContinue reading “You will get a next chance!”

षट् Poetry. Art. Writing. Music. Dancing. Acting. There is often brilliance where those blessed with these gifts collide. *** ***