Mobile Photography & Art Saturday Poetry – ‘Remember’ by Joy Harjo with @hipstanitaelle – Anita Elle

Remember the sky that you were

born under,

know each of the star’s stories.

Remember the moon, know who

she is.

Remember the sun’s birth at

dawen, that is the

strongest point of time.

Remember sundown

and the giving away to night.

Remember your birth, how your

mother struggled

to give you form and breath. You

are evidence of

her life, and her mother’s, and

hers.

Remember your father. He is

your life, also.

Remember the earth whose skin

you are:

red earth, black earth, yellow

earth, white earth

brown earth, we are earth.

Remember the plants, trees,

animal life who all have their

tribes, their families, their

histories, too. Talk to them,

listen to them. They are alive

poems.

Remember the wind. Remember

her voice. She knows the

origin of this universe.

Remember you are all people

and all people

are you.

Remember you are this universe

and this

universe is you.

Remember all is in motion, is

growing, is you.

Remember language comes from

this.

Remember the dance language

is, that life is.

Remember.

Joy Harjo – Photo credit: Karen Kuehn

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