https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl Discussion Asma, Elizabeth, Faith, Nikhil, Sriya en-us 2020-09-15 18:32:31 UTC 2026-01-14 01:40:56 UTC hello@padlet.com matti_elizabeth12 https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769394096 I had a beautiful dream I was dancing with a tree.          —Sandra Cisneros

Some things on this earth are unspeakable:
Genealogy of the broken—
A shy wind threading leaves after a massacre,
Or the smell of coffee and no one there—

Some humans say trees are not sentient beings,
But they do not understand poetry—

Nor can they hear the singing of trees when they are fed by
Wind, or water music—
Or hear their cries of anguish when they are broken and bereft—

Now I am a woman longing to be a tree, planted in a moist, dark earth
Between sunrise and sunset—

I cannot walk through all realms—
I carry a yearning I cannot bear alone in the dark—

What shall I do with all this heartache?

The deepest-rooted dream of a tree is to walk
Even just a little ways, from the place next to the doorway—
To the edge of the river of life, and drink—

I have heard trees talking, long after the sun has gone down:

Imagine what would it be like to dance close together
In this land of water and knowledge. . .

To drink deep what is undrinkable.]]> 2020-09-22 17:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769394096 matti_elizabeth12 https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769397602 2020-09-22 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769397602 https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769398965 I think joy harjo is talking about the connection between nature and humanity. She talks about how humans regard nature as 'just being there' rather than as an actual life force that we're connected to, when this is actually not the case (and she later mentions that humans should be more connected to nature because nature is 'alive' and a part of our everyday lives). ]]> 2020-09-22 17:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769398965 mody_geena30 https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769407268 “Now I am women longing to be a tree, planted in a moist, dark earth..” M makes me think of nature but also how women see themselves using nature. ]]> 2020-09-22 17:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769407268 https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769409190 i think this poem is about yearning, and shes comparing her longing to a tree that longs to 'walk...and drink'. also, i think shes trying to humanize nature to the reader by personifying it, as she believes that nature is sentient rather than a object -aya]]> 2020-09-22 17:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/matti_elizabeth12/m66df5vq6hd0wgkl/wish/769409190