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| Day of the Dead, Dorris van Doren Library, El Paso, Texas. October 2016. |
October 2016
The Dorris van Doren branch of the El Paso Library did up the Day of the Dead in right literary style, honoring authors who'd died in 2016 thus far.
There was also a whimsical art exhibit of ghoulish fashion dolls.
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| Ghoulish fashion doll art, Dorris van Doren Library, El Paso, Texas. October 2016. |
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| Ghoulish fashion doll art, Dorris van Doren Library, El Paso, Texas. October 2016. |
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| Ghoulish fashion doll art, Dorris van Doren Library, El Paso, Texas. October 2016. |
Maya Angelou, one of my heroes, is in this library altar to the year's dead.
An excerpt from her poem, Woman Work:
Shine on me, sunshine
Rain on me, rain
Fall softly, dewdrops
And cool my brow again.
Storm, blow me from here
With your fiercest wind
Let me float across the sky
'Til I can rest again.
Fall gently, snowflakes
Cover me with white
Cold icy kisses and
Let me rest tonight.
Sun, rain, curving sky
Mountain, oceans, leaf and stone
Star shine, moon glow
You're all that I can call my own.
You can listen to Ms. Angelou's lush voice reading this and another poem here.
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