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Poetry

Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle

The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round

Like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest

Power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is

The same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down

Again in a circle. The moon does the same, and both are round.

 

Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing,

and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man (or a cat)

is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything

where power moves.

--Black Elk

light your candles.

practice your skills.

order your medicines.

pack your 'we out' bag.

put a little cash aside.

save some seeds.

learn your self defense.

increase your stamina.

memorize folks' numbers.

strategize your plans.

call upon your history.

prepare your long game.

learn and share.

return to your library.

live your praxis.

parent your babies.

pray your hardest.

make your art.

soak in music.

document your stories.

run yourself salt baths.

dance until sweaty.

let your tears flow.

be soft with yourself.

dig your hands in this earth.

wash yourself in seawater.

walk amidst grandmother trees.

root yourself there.

kiss your lover.

breathe from your belly.

sit on your cushion.

remember your laughter.

remind yourself who you are.

call your family.

gather your team.

get with your people.

lean on your ancestors.

do your work now.

do your work now.

-remedial dimension survival plan, part 1, by deepa m. philips

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  • Gloria Anzaldúa: Seven Stages of Conocimiento; This Bridge We Call Home; Borderlands: La Frontera
  • Toni Adeyemi: Children of Blood and Bone; Children of Virtue and Vengeance
  • The Will to Change by bell hooks
  • The Love Dare
  • Co-Active Coaching
  • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship and Community, Mia Birdsong

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