Sorry, Toads I have been missing in action, I have been dwelling in paint samples and organization. For years, we have told my mother see is more than welcome to live with us. My husband actually said it first. I think the New England weather is finally getting the best of her. So, I have been busy redecorating. There is a lot of mixed emotions by both my mom and I during this transition, but I am confident we will make it work.
"The "Kumulipo" is an old Hawaiian prayer chant that poetically describes the creation of the world. The word literally means "beginning-in-deep-darkness." Here darkness doesn't connote gloom and evil. Rather, it's about the inscrutability of the embryonic state; the obscure chaos that reigns before germination."
I feel this way sometimes before I create art, poetry and any format of writing. We all can relate to the blank page, but there is this state of the unknown, the rich dark soil-as the light comes forth-the spark, the idea, before the birth.
Wikipedia: "The Kumulipo is divided into sixteen wā, sections. The first seven wā fall under the section of pō (darkness), the age of spirit. The Earth may or may not exist, but the events described do not take place in a physical universe. The words show the development of life as it goes through similar stages as a human child. All plants and animals of sea and land, earth and sky, male and female are created.[6] Eventually, it leads to early mammals."
Below are a few lines of the Kumulipo: There are 2102 lines-if you are curious. I want to address how we create our own worlds with poetry. What is your before process like? Do drink coffee, exercise, read, highlight words, doodle, does music kiss your third eye, perhaps a walk on a favorite pine needle path or maybe sunlight tickles your muse or maybe moonlight makes you howl?
I want a poem that shares your embryonic state before the birth of your poem. It can be where your ideas usually find light- anyway you connect your poetic eye to words. I think to bring your poetry out of the dark abyss, perhaps we need another element to induce our birth. I want you to take the place where you were born-the state, the providence, the country-whatever you prefer and add the richness of this area to your poem. For example I was born in Maine-so perhaps I will add White tassel pines, the salty sea or the my state bird, the Chickadee.
I want a poem that shares your embryonic state before the birth of your poem. It can be where your ideas usually find light- anyway you connect your poetic eye to words. I think to bring your poetry out of the dark abyss, perhaps we need another element to induce our birth. I want you to take the place where you were born-the state, the providence, the country-whatever you prefer and add the richness of this area to your poem. For example I was born in Maine-so perhaps I will add White tassel pines, the salty sea or the my state bird, the Chickadee.
- O ke au i kahuli wela ka honuaO ke au i kahuli lole ka laniO ke au i kukaʻiaka ka laO ke au o Makali'i ka po
- In English:
- At the time when the earth became hot
At the time when the heavens turned about
At the time when the sun was darkened
To cause the moon to shine[3] - Since this is your birth, where your poetry is born-you get to select the form.
- I only ask a nod to your birthplace, be added to your poem.
- I look forward to traveling to where poetry first breathed life into your world.