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Latinos en Capas
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La Tierra we stand on Piel que sigue cambiando There's a forever in the way we know the ground
The Florissant Valley's history saved in rock Stratigraphy shows geologic events Redwoods buried in volcanic mudflows Tree cells soaked in silica Permineralized, turning stumps to stone
After dinosaurs went extinct Mammals adapted to the land Adaptation means the land has a place for you It is the language of immigrants Who also adapt to the land Many just to survive Like the creatures that fossilized in the soil Ancient mammals that roamed around Making our normal look wild, look crazy, look other As both a scientist and Latino Other is for what we don't know
Other is for Brontotherium Same attitude when people think latin Only to get sweet food instead of spicy Cause they've only seen Mexican food and not Cuban food Like what you expect when you say horse Only to show mesohippus Maybe Latinos and creatures from the Eocene Have more in common
Igual sufrimos cuando terremotos Cambian nuestra vida Seguimos luchando Nuestros esfuerzos grabados en la piedra Porque igual erupciones siguen afectandonos
Volcanoes blanket the land in ash Burying and suffocating all Ash fertilizing and perserving Fossilizing ancient Redwoods Where new growth can sprout
Latino is evolving Diverse as oreodonts Which disappeared some time ago Like our grandparents who have passed Passed on traditions, advice and guidance Their heritage deposited within us
Latino is a forever conversation Latino is as wide as geology Latino is sedimentary A mixture of time and minerals An ecology as delicious as masa Latinos know full belly Tierra sin hambre
Dirt is cultura Tierra es movimiento Tierra es muestra Dirt is the receipt Tierra es la consultación Con lo que fue antes
From the mountain tops Fragments erode downward Carried by wind and streams To settle in the ground Dirt that forms underneath our feet That tells us stories Of different times From distant lands Boulders, cobbles and pebbles Traveling just as our ancestors Our immigrant mothers and fathers Who moved from one place to the next Settling to where we could Steward a culture and home.
Description
A poem that combines art (poetry), science (geology and paleontology of Florissant Fossil Beds), and culture (Latino culture).
Credit
Astrid Garcia and Franklin Cruz
Date Created
02/11/2021
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