You Are Here: Poetry in Parks at Mica View Picnic Area

The poem to be read and discussed at the Poetry in the Parks event at Saguaro National Park.

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Quick Facts

Location:

32.211819779654434, -110.72454320722707

Significance:

Trailhead, Picnic Area

Designation:

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Amenities

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Grill, Parking - Auto, Picnic Shelter/Pavilion, Picnic Table, Recycling, Restroom, Trailhead, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Wheelchair Accessible

This picnic table at Mica View Picnic Area is an art installation by the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. Limón selected Ofelia Zepeda's poem "Na:nko Ma:s Cewagĭ / Cloud Song" for this poetry installation as part of her signature project "You Are Here: Poetry in Parks." The project includes additional installations at six other national parks.

Na:nko Ma:s Cewagĭ / Cloud Song

Ce:daghim 'o 'ab wu:ṣañhim.
To:tahim 'o 'ab wu:ṣañhim.
Cuckuhim 'o 'ab him.
Wepeghim 'o 'abai him.

Greenly they emerge.
In colors of blue they emerge.
Whitely they emerge.
In colors of black they are coming
Reddening, they are right here.

_{Ofelia Zepeda, “Na:nko Ma:s Cewagi / Cloud Song” from Ocean Power Poems from the Desert. Copyright © 1995 by Ofelia Zepeda. Reprinted with the permission of The University of Arizona Press.}

What Would You Write in Response to the Landscape Around You?

You Are Here, the signature project of the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, invites you to explore the relationship between language and the natural world through the words of poets and your own imagination.

Use #YouAreHerePoetry to share your thoughts!