Beautiful painting of young Canadian activist for Mother Earth,
Ta'Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon Band of B.C.
painted by nature artist Betsy Popp
There are many reasons to celebrate at this time of year. Whether you celebrate winter solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Pancha Ganapati, Ramadan, Eid-al-Adha, Omisoka, or simply being alive on Planet Earth, the staff of Poets United wishes you and yours only good things as this year draws to a close, and a new one gets ready to begin.
At this time, we wish to thank our staff and community members for a year of sharing and enjoying poetry. Thanks for sticking with us. We will be back on January 3rd with the Poetry Pantry, and we look forward to sharing with you our love of the written word in 2016.
We leave you with this beautiful song, sung by Ta'Kaiya Blaney when she was just nine years old. Ta'Kaiya is of the Sliammon Band. She lives in North Vancouver, B.C. She is thirteen now, and is a well-known environmental activist, an eco-warrior who speaks and sings all over the world. She is one of my heroes. Her beauty and innocence, along with the images of the earth and water as she sings this song, always brings me to tears. May all be well with you and yours, my friends, during the festive season. Blessings to all the beasts and the children.
At this time, we wish to thank our staff and community members for a year of sharing and enjoying poetry. Thanks for sticking with us. We will be back on January 3rd with the Poetry Pantry, and we look forward to sharing with you our love of the written word in 2016.
We leave you with this beautiful song, sung by Ta'Kaiya Blaney when she was just nine years old. Ta'Kaiya is of the Sliammon Band. She lives in North Vancouver, B.C. She is thirteen now, and is a well-known environmental activist, an eco-warrior who speaks and sings all over the world. She is one of my heroes. Her beauty and innocence, along with the images of the earth and water as she sings this song, always brings me to tears. May all be well with you and yours, my friends, during the festive season. Blessings to all the beasts and the children.
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