Myrella's Interpretation

In this video, Myrella Thompson performs a movement interpretation to my poem Taproot, read by Love Rising. The Music is Chilled Cream, by Blank and Jones.

Taproot

The roots of your connection

go down deep —

Like comfrey, they reach into the subsoil,

pulling up the minerals

that rise from ancient bedrock.

Whatever artifice has been applied,

whatever degradation of the soil,

you are equipped

to tap the primal nutrient

and bring it back

into the cycle of life.

Don’t ever think that you can be defeated —

Like comfrey, if they chop you,

you will come back stronger,

by virtue of your simple insistence

on the right of life to thrive,

and of each living thing to manifest

just what it is —

not made for any purpose other than its own

and its essential link to everything.

©Wendy Mulhern

August 4, 2013

On Touch

Last Sunday I did a poetry presentation, with the help of some friends. This video is longer than fits the flitting attention span of social media browsing, but it develops an idea that I’m currently very excited about. I’ll post shorter segments as we are able to get them ready. I also look forward to sharing my friends’ presentations.


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Video Presentation: The consulate of Other

Tonight I did a poetry reading. It seems to have used up my poetic juices for the night. But here's one of the poems I shared: (click on the link below the photo)

                                               The consulate of Other