Lumbricis Terrestris
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- Опубліковано 1 лис 2023
- Poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Music by Steve Law
Art by Marisa S. White, "Night Owl"
Video by Tony Jeannette
How do we meet what is compact and dark? LIke an earthworm--with patience, making porous and nourishing. "Lumbricus Terrestrs" (which is the Latin name for earthworm) is a track on DARK PRAISE, a spoken-word album that honors the dark and how it opens us to creativity, passion, intimacy, revelation, dreaming, receptivity, self-discovery and connection. "Lumbricus Terrestris" is available for download on Spotify, iTunes, and more. The album is available for purchase on Band Camp.
Lumbricus terrestris
On a day when the world is weighty,
dark and dense with need,
I want to be the earthworm
that gives itself over to tunneling,
its every movement an act
of bringing spaciousness.
And when minutes feel crushed by urgency,
I want to meet the world wormlike,
which is to say grounded,
consistent, even slow.
No matter how desperate the situation,
the worm does not tunnel faster
nor burrow more.
It knows it can take decades
to build fine soil.
To whatever is compacted,
the worm offers its good worm work,
quietly bringing porosity
to what is trodden, compressed.
So often, in my rush to repair,
I end up exhausted.
Let my gift to the world be
my constancy, a devotion to openness,
my willingness to be with what is.
Let my gift to myself be patience
as I tend what is dense and dark.
--Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Such a beautiful reading in your lovely voice paired with Steve Law's simple and equally lovely music. What a gift! Thank you!
Thank you, friend!! yes, his music just makes everything better ....
Such a beautiful setting of this poem, Rosemerry ♥ And its wisdom, so needed now.
Thank you, Fran--oh yes--so important now to learn this earthworm-ish skill of making things porous and more spacious
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Your Earhworm poenm help me to realize why I always am been attracted to Earthworms!! delightful!! lovely my constancy my devotion to OPENNES my willingness to be with what is!! You are a lovelight in the world, Rosemerry!! Thank You for this piece I have had a long and tiring week but your piece has given me great resilience and kept me openning! Trust my words convey my gratitude and peace.
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wishing you deep peace as you continue to open, continue to meet what is dense and dark ...
nothing is really that dense and dark!!! not for long it can change in minutes!!
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yes
Thank you, friend ... yes.
I remember being so moved by this piece of writing when it first came into my inbox...and now with the music, the voice, the imagery, the pacing of your reading.... I feel infused with a little more earthworm quality. Why - I want to write Earthworm with a capital E!
Ah dear Emma, yes ... more earthworm. I love the way the music slowly makes its way higher, higher, very playful in its diligence ...