A Highway Sign to Seattle
A lingering moment, time and space warp. wait. stop. remember, I’m here I used to be over there, far away. I close my eyes, I see a map in my […]
A Farmers’ Market Painted in Words
farmers markets. (I think I’ve written about this before – oh yeah, here.) The colors: carrots and radishes, tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers, squash, mushrooms, garlic. I wanted to take pictures, to […]
Peace Together: The Future We All Want
Finally feeling good about the PNW creation station. With all the moving last year, my own “housing crisis” combined with a high/stress first year of an accelerated PhD program, and […]
Adventures: Eternity in the Xela Cemetary
Eternity Forever Absence Solitude and loneliness Remembrance Forgetting Details and loss Life A bed to rest Stuck Resting Immobile Leaving behind and moving on Breath and blood Vivencia Time time […]
Quiet Sun
time quiet sun sleepy earth calm kindness peaceful relief warm hearts home together
Adventures: Ancestors
I wrote the first draft of this poem in Guatemala, after a month and a half of fieldwork learning k’iche’, improving my spanish, and having informal meetings about my dissertation […]
Flowers of Thanks
Watercolors of flowers and gratitude, which will be a parting gift for the family I have been living with this week in Xela, Guatemala… Other recent adventures in Guatemala: ADVENTURES: […]
Adventures: The Animals and “le xar ichaj” (the blue vegetable)
At the PLQ (Proyecto Lingüistico Quetzalteco) in Xela (Quetzaltenango) Guatemala, I have been brushing up on my Spanish conversation, and learning the indigenous langauge, K’iche’ (as previously mentioned). I am […]
Adventures: Historical Memory and State Repression in Guatemala
I just arrived to Guatemala last week, and will be here for 2 months doing preliminary research for my dissertation. I am studying at the PLQ language school in Xela […]
Reminder – 24hrs left to order EmaBee’s Poem Book
*********REMINDER! ONLY 24hrs LEFT TO ORDER POEM BOOK!******* SEE order form below – available to order only through 12pm PST June 30th! ****************************************************** Announcing: “Esperanza” – A book of […]
