WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.520 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:06.680 align:middle line:84% These next two poems will be in my second manuscript. 00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:10.320 align:middle line:84% And this poem comes from a big pot 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.740 align:middle line:84% that I took some designs from it and turned it into a poem. 00:00:15.740 --> 00:00:17.480 align:middle line:84% It's with the School of Advanced research 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:18.580 align:middle line:90% in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 00:00:18.580 --> 00:00:20.288 align:middle line:84% It's part of the Grounded in clay exhibit 00:00:20.288 --> 00:00:23.480 align:middle line:84% that's being displayed right now at the Indian Pueblo Cultural 00:00:23.480 --> 00:00:24.560 align:middle line:90% Center. 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:27.520 align:middle line:84% We've traveled to several locations 00:00:27.520 --> 00:00:30.440 align:middle line:84% across the United States, and the pottery collection 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.920 align:middle line:84% has come home, now, back to New Mexico. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:37.040 align:middle line:90% "Flowers in the Deer's House." 00:00:37.040 --> 00:00:41.320 align:middle line:84% Painted black line encircles damp earth olla, 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:45.880 align:middle line:84% Opening a subtle path to skyward realms 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.100 align:middle line:90% As cirrus clouds spiral nearby. 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:50.760 align:middle line:90% Rainbows, 00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:53.840 align:middle line:90% Light and shadow crosshatch 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:56.400 align:middle line:90% Distant rains. 00:00:56.400 --> 00:00:58.460 align:middle line:90% Sound of shockwaves 00:00:58.460 --> 00:00:59.800 align:middle line:90% Slice like knives. 00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:01.320 align:middle line:90% Thunder 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:04.519 align:middle line:90% To arouse Tsits-shruwi. 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.440 align:middle line:90% The horned water serpent 00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.560 align:middle line:84% Ribbons through winds of red leaves and feathers, 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:16.400 align:middle line:84% While rain birds stream into dark caverns. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.520 align:middle line:90% Water streaks down a stalactite 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:22.800 align:middle line:84% As she applies a stroke of red paint 00:01:22.800 --> 00:01:26.520 align:middle line:84% To the slipped clay white surface 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:29.880 align:middle line:84% With curves, hooks, and pointed beaks. 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:32.640 align:middle line:90% She bends willow 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.760 align:middle line:90% To form a hoop, 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:39.400 align:middle line:84% A drumstick tied with yucca fiber. 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:42.200 align:middle line:84% Sonic voice of water drum ripples 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.680 align:middle line:90% As buds of menodora and dalea 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:46.720 align:middle line:90% Bloom 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:50.800 align:middle line:90% On adobe floors and walls. 00:01:50.800 --> 00:01:53.400 align:middle line:84% Outside the house of florescence. 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.520 align:middle line:84% Burnished moon of ancient pursuit 00:01:56.520 --> 00:01:59.270 align:middle line:90% Halos night sky 00:01:59.270 --> 00:02:03.750 align:middle line:84% When stellar trail glistens north. 00:02:03.750 --> 00:02:05.950 align:middle line:90% As she sketches the eyes 00:02:05.950 --> 00:02:07.830 align:middle line:90% Of the deer 00:02:07.830 --> 00:02:11.990 align:middle line:84% Cosmic star flower guides her journey 00:02:11.990 --> 00:02:16.110 align:middle line:84% To a trio of bucks standing silent 00:02:16.110 --> 00:02:17.670 align:middle line:90% In the deer's home. 00:02:17.670 --> 00:02:20.150 align:middle line:90% At winter solstice, 00:02:20.150 --> 00:02:22.630 align:middle line:84% As she sketches the eyes of the deer, 00:02:22.630 --> 00:02:23.870 align:middle line:90% She whispers 00:02:23.870 --> 00:02:26.590 align:middle line:90% A blessing of fortuity 00:02:26.590 --> 00:02:30.670 align:middle line:84% To enhance her man's chances of game. 00:02:30.670 --> 00:02:34.230 align:middle line:84% From mouth to slender neck to mid-body, 00:02:34.230 --> 00:02:35.710 align:middle line:90% She paints 00:02:35.710 --> 00:02:37.310 align:middle line:90% Reddish-brown line 00:02:37.310 --> 00:02:39.670 align:middle line:90% To an arrow-tipped heart 00:02:39.670 --> 00:02:40.630 align:middle line:90% Above 00:02:40.630 --> 00:02:43.670 align:middle line:90% A belly of bay-ya. 00:02:43.670 --> 00:02:44.710 align:middle line:90% She exhales 00:02:44.710 --> 00:02:48.470 align:middle line:84% As she exits the opening of thoughts and prayers 00:02:48.470 --> 00:02:50.910 align:middle line:90% infused in clay. 00:02:50.910 --> 00:02:52.590 align:middle line:90% Prosperous hunt. 00:02:52.590 --> 00:02:54.310 align:middle line:90% Abundant rain. 00:02:54.310 --> 00:02:58.020 align:middle line:90% Long life. 00:02:58.020 --> 00:03:02.740 align:middle line:84% Unfired masterpiece nestles in her lap. 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:06.660 align:middle line:84% She lays her yucca brush aside to rest 00:03:06.660 --> 00:03:11.100 align:middle line:84% And daydreams of her distant relatives. 00:03:11.100 --> 00:03:12.740 align:middle line:90% Her fingers roll 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:14.660 align:middle line:90% The silver pearl necklace 00:03:14.660 --> 00:03:17.700 align:middle line:90% She wears night and day. 00:03:17.700 --> 00:03:19.980 align:middle line:90% A gift from her father, 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:23.660 align:middle line:84% When her mother returned to Laguna 00:03:23.660 --> 00:03:24.900 align:middle line:90% In the days 00:03:24.900 --> 00:03:27.580 align:middle line:90% Of horse-and-wagon trails. 00:03:27.580 --> 00:03:31.100 align:middle line:90% A child of the Zuni coyote clan, 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:36.180 align:middle line:84% She treasures designs from her father's kin. 00:03:36.180 --> 00:03:38.540 align:middle line:90% Into the fired olla 00:03:38.540 --> 00:03:39.620 align:middle line:90% She pours 00:03:39.620 --> 00:03:41.860 align:middle line:90% Cascades of blue 00:03:41.860 --> 00:03:44.660 align:middle line:90% From bear grass baskets, 00:03:44.660 --> 00:03:46.860 align:middle line:90% Storing shelled corn 00:03:46.860 --> 00:03:48.960 align:middle line:90% For winter sustenance. 00:03:48.960 --> 00:03:56.100 align:middle line:90% 00:03:56.100 --> 00:03:57.140 align:middle line:90% Thank you. 00:03:57.140 --> 00:03:58.810 align:middle line:90% My last.