Poem for the RAC Summit
How to Start
from dawn to dusk
from dawn to dusk to now
from the get and the go, from the sea to the sea, shining in rags and riches
from the head to the hand to the heart, seat of the sea and the dawn
from the ridiculous to the sublime, the sea of sublime, the get up and go of the ridiculous
get up, get up, all hands on deck, shape up, ship out
from here to there where the sea bottoms out and the heart tops down
and all hands on high and all heads on go
from the stem to the stern, get up, get up, all hands on deck, shape up, ship out
all shining sea to sea, all shining and sublime, all choked up, clammed up, eased up
get up, all hands and hearts, from the sea to the grave, from the grave to the cradle
get up, get up, from this day forward, from this forward day, step up, stand up
from the here, from the now, from the ground all shining, from the heart all shining
from the sea and the dawn and the now, the now, the now
from the ground shining into the here and the now, shining from the ground up.
for the Rural Arts and Culture Summit, June 2-4 2015
