7 Chicchan
Red Resonant Serpent
My precious friend, regard me not
askance
Though I deserve your gaze most
skeptical
I cannot fault you for your wary
glance
For of myself I make pure spectacle
It is to tears my words one could
compare
Both flow in uncontrollable remorse
In composition they so poorly fare
To express passion from its deepest
source
These words survive though tears do
disappear
Poetry at least puts form on feeling
But I do risk your mockery and fear
Trying to convince you of my meaning
Emotion when translated to refrain
Loses too much, but gambles more to
gain.
©Kleomichele Leeds
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gorman is an American poet and activist from Los Angeles, California. Gorman's work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Biography
Amanda Gorman was raised by a single mother with her two siblings, and is a Los Angeles native. Her mother, Joan Wicks, is a teacher. Gorman has a twin sister named Gabrielle who is also an activist. Gorman describes herself as a "weird child" who enjoyed reading and writing from a young age. Gorman's mother encouraged her literary interests. Gorman admits to an auditory processing disorder making her hypersensitive to sound.
Gorman was inspired to become a youth delegate for the United Nations in 2013 after watching a speech by Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai. Gorman was chosen as the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles in 2014. She published her poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
Gorman was a student at Harvard University when she became the first person to be named national youth poet laureate in April 2017. She was chosen from five finalists.
Gorman is the founder of a non-profit organization called One Pen One Page, which runs a a youth writing and leadership program. In 2017, she became first youth poet to open the literary season for the Library of Congress. In 2017, she stated that she wants to run for president in 2036.
Her art and activism focus on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora.*
CHICCHAN
Kin 85: Red Resonant Serpent
I channel in order to survive
Inspiring instinct
I seal the store of life force
With the resonant tone of attunement
I am guided by the power of navigation
I am a galactic activation portal
Enter me.
Mantra focuses on primordial sound vibration, the primary dimension of universal coordination.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2017-2018.
The Sacred Tzolk'in
Sahasrara Chakra (Dali Plasma)
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