A Sense of Doubt blog post #1326 - A Grand Canyon of Light - a Musical Monday Mix on Wednesday for 1810.10

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1326 - A Grand Canyon of Light - a Musical Monday Mix on Wednesday for 1810.10

Blog entries are lately just straight up status (like yesterday's screaming GIF) or a staging area for course content for teaching like

THIS IS A THINK PIECE  - from 9/26, Tuesday 10/2's "Maybe Dats Your Pwobwen, too" Spider-Man poem

or

Monday's ABOLISH COLUMBUS DAY rant.

Like those, I was setting up my content to read my students Ani DiFranco's "Grand Canyon" poem on Wednesday 10/10 (hey that's today!!).... (BTW, 10:10 is when my Mom died, so this date has some resonance in its numerals).

So, this is just an ALL ANI mix to share with my students and tutor them in the ways of ANI, which is important.

No track list or additional content today except the transcript of "Grand Canyon."

As usual, the hot URL link for the mix and the video pod player for the entire mix is place at the end of the blog entry.

grand canyon

i love my country
by which i mean
i am indebted joyfully
to all the people throughout its history
who have fought the government to make right
where so many cunning sons and daughters
our foremothers and forefathers
came singing through slaughter
came through hell and high water
so that we could stand here
and behold breathlessly the sight
how a raging river of tears
cut a grand canyon of light

yes, i've bin so many places
flown through vast empty spaces
with stewardesses whose hands
look much older than their faces
i've tossed so many napkins
into that big hole in the sky
bin at the bottom of the atlantic
seething in a two-ply
looking up through all that water
and the fishes swimming by
and i don't always feel lucky
but i'm smart enough to try
cuz humility has buoyancy
and above us only sky
so i lean in
breathe deeper that brutal burning smell
that surrounds the smoldering wreckage
that i've come to love so well
yes, color me stunned and dazzled
by all the red white and blue flashing lights
in the american intersection
where black crashed head on with white
comes a melody
comes a rhythm
a particular resonance
that is us and only us
comes a screaming ambulance
a hand that you can trust
laid steady on your chest
working for the better good
(which is good at its best)
and too, bearing witness
like a woman bears a child:
with all her might

born of the greatest pain
into a grand canyon of light

i mean, no song has gone unsung here
and this joint is strung crazy tight
and people bin raising up their voices
since it just ain't bin right
with all the righteous rage
and all the bitter spite
that will accompany us out
of this long night
that will grab us by the hand
when we are ready to take flight
seatback and traytable
in the upright and locked position
shocked to tears by each new vision
of all that my ancestors have done

like, say, the women who gave their lives
so that i could have one

people, we are standing at ground zero
of the feminist revolution
yeah, it was an inside job
stoic and sly
one we're supposed to forget
and downplay and deny
but i think the time is nothing
if not nigh
to let the truth out
coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout!
Feminist
some crazy shit
Feminism
“of or pertaining to the notion that
women are people
and deserve the same rights and privileges
as all people.”
yeah, some crazy shit, that
RADICAL
i mean
why can't all decent men and women
call themselves feminists?
out of respect
for those who fought for this
i mean, look around
we have this



yes
i love my country
by which i mean
i am indebted joyfully
to all the people throughout its history
who have fought the government to make right
where so many cunning sons and daughters
our foremothers and forefathers
came singing through slaughter
came through hell and high water
so that we could stand here
and behold breathlessly the sight
how a raging river of tears
is cutting a grand canyon of light

words and music by ani difranco © 2004 righteous babe music / BMI

A Grand Canyon of Light - a Musical Monday Mix on Wednesday for 1810.10






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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1810.10 - 10:10 (that's DOUBLE 10:10!!!)

- Days ago = 1194 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.