POETRY 2024: Taos, April, Mabel Dodge Luhan House by Gerald Phillips

Send us Fan Mail Taos, April, Mabel Dodge Luhan House by Gerald Phillips The Acequia Madre is still dry here at Taos The big old cottonwoods along it, quiescent. The cacique out at the pueblo still watching where the sun rises Each day slightly further north above the sacred mountain. The people are cleaning their ditches with shovel and fire. Then, at the right moment, The mayor domo will open the head gates and the water of life will flow. We’ll hear it in our dreams And wake to find the ditch full and speaking its many voices. The huge wrinkled Yggdrasil cottonwoods will feel the water, Waken, drink deep, burst into flower and leaf And scatter their seed in fluffs and drifts of cotton snow. For now, all still waits. Yet, look up: The high bare branches of the World Trees bear fruit of doves. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at [email protected] Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at [email protected] Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at [email protected] General inquiries: [email protected] Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!