Thursday, June 23, 2011

Song of a Woman in Labor


(Assiniboine Mother and Child by Edward Curtis, 1868-1952,
American photographer)

The sounds of birth resonate in sympathetic vibrations with nature.

SONG OF A WOMAN IN LABOR

towering rocks
sound
in the evening
with them
I cry

~ Anonymous, Tohono O’odham American Indian

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