Earth Day Bond

“We are each other's harvest;
we are each other's business;
we are each other's magnitude and bond.”

~ Gwendolyn Brooks ~

A Poem for Earth Day

Paul Robeson

That time

we all heard it,

cool and clear,

cutting across the hot grit of the day.

The major Voice.

The adult Voice

forgoing Rolling River,

forgoing tearful tale of bale and barge

and other symptoms of an old despond.

Warning, in music-words

devout and large,

that we are each other’s

harvest:

we are each other’s

business:

we are each other’s

magnitude and bond. [emphasis added]

Written in 1970
by Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 – 2000)

The Mighty Mississippi

A Song for Earth Day

Old Man River

Sung by Paul Robeson (1898 - 1976)

Respect the Earth!

Happy Earth Day! ~ Previous Posts

P.S.
Lest we forget:
Earth Day is a Protest!

Heather Cox Richardson: The first "Earth Day, held on April 22, 1970, brought more than 20 million Americans—10% of the total population of the country at the time—to call for the nation to address the damage caused by 150 years of unregulated industrial development. The movement included members of all political parties, rich Americans and their poorer neighbors, people who lived in the city and those in the country, labor leaders and their employers. Fifty-five years later, it is still one of the largest protests in American history."