In 1988, when Jeff Poniewaz founded the Earth Poets, you seldom could even sniff global warming in the breeze. Now that breeze has become a hurricane, rivulets have become floods, and the mainstream has caught up to the Earth Poets. I've never missed any of our performances, and I've written many of my poems specifically for them. After all, being an Earth Poet changed my life: it made me a part of a group of creative people who really care about what's happening in the world around them. So here are the details for next weekend's 20th annual events, and here's a new earth poem I may or may not have finished!
20TH ANNUAL EARTH POETS AND MUSICIANS PERFORMANCES, April 20 and 21
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 7 P.M. Interactive Poetry and Music for the Whole Family
8 PM Earth Poets and Musicians
Jahmes Finlayson, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, Holly Haebig, Jeff Poniewaz, Suzanne Rosenblatt,
Harvey Taylor, and SPECIAL GUEST: Milwaukee Poet Laureate Peggy Hong
URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER, 1500 E. Park Place
$5.00 Per Person, $10.00 Per Family, UEC Members Free
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007, 8 P.M.
Jahmes Finlayson, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas, Holly Haebig, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Harvey Taylor, and SPECIAL GUEST: Musician & Poet KT Rusch
THE COFFEE HOUSE, 631 N. 19th Street (Just South of Wisconsin Ave)
Donation: $5.00 Benefit for Wellspring
GLOWBALL WORMING
(Glow Little Glow Worm, Glimmer, Simmer)
Let's cool down the glow of global
Rev up the war on warming
Cool down the glow, rev up the war
Lower the heat, live with less, not more
Lower the heat, lower the heat
Wear a sweater, double socks on the feet
Throw out incandescent
Use bulbs that are fluorescent
Minimize, minimize, don't be a user
Love Mother Earth, do not abuse her
Is this something we can do
It's up to you, and you and you, andyouandyouandyouandyou
We can't start anew anew, anewanewanewanew
What's done is done, we can't undo
Done is done, can't undo, cannot start anew anew
Let's cool down the glow of global
Rev up the war on warming
We're all in this together
Don't want to die of weather
Each of us has the weapon
Better not to weep but to step in
Try not to take a plane
If there's a bus or train
Try not to use a car
If you can bike that far
Walk walk walk wherever you can
Live your life close to the land
Wash small items in a wash bowl
Use a clothesline when it's not too cold
Make dandelion wine, love your purple clover
Whatever kills them, will also kill Rover
Don't poison the soil, eat organically
Don't grow grass, instead plant a tree,
Cosmos, coreopsis, zucchini
Lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli
Eat local, be vocal
Get active, proactive, politically involved
In the hope the problem can be solved
Is this something we can do
It's up to you, and you and you, andyouandyouandyouandyou
We can't start anew, anew, anewanewanewanew
What's done is done, we can't undo
Done is done, can't undo, cannot start anew anew
Ego or eco, ego or eco
All of us can choose
But if we pick ego over eco
Life on Earth will lose
Ego or eco, ego or eco, the difference is a G or a C
Ego or eco, a G or a C
The difference that determines
Life's viability
Copyright 2007 Suzanne Rosenblatt
