July 23 Detail of gathered materials
July 23, 2019 In Epic Walk Diaries, poetry, Research By mlantin

Epic Walk Diaries (July 23) 

        permission to enter
   thank you for asking
          a past-teenage pass
      fields of chicory
         purply bright bitters

   river boat smell crows feasting
       on pungent impermanence

a true path
   a mud bypass
 beside a more river
at ease

      pump station
  prompts chaotic strategies
    inhibiting bacteria
      doubles us back
  to musqueam academy

 permission to enter
    yes 
      some may not be as nice
 beware of the fore

        Amigo greets us
          at La Finca
     zucchini blessings for all
   sleeping pumpkins
         waiting for halloween
    fore ball     pumpkin wow
  two hundred orange pounds
          not Portlandian

     figs roses sunflowers
         (not smiley yellow)
            mourning Gilbert
     Gilbert with the new apple tree
       
          smiles on imperfect grass
     river path edible sweetness
       Bauer bench
           a note to return

 a road to helpful extraordinary lips
        directed lively
   
   shaded limpid creek
 leaning queen anne
    thistles push pull poke
       guarding a soft finish

         fruity amble
          passed white history
      winched   embarrassing riches
             river cops
      doubly taken land

    ripe bounty
        chalky jade
     anne bourne moments
   groomed wildness
      village permeability
 inaccessible secure wealth
         wild boundaries
   generous contradictions

   damson plum finish

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[
  Start 10:10
  End 2:20
  Musqueam Cultural Rotunda,
  to the river, cul-de-sac, back to Lola,
  to the Musqueam golf and learning academy,
  on Groomed Paths by the water, up to 51st ave,
  back down to the water, more Groomed Paths,
  along country club, past Deering Island, 
  Groomed (Fruity) Paths,
  Mccleery Golf Course, picnic under plum tree, 
  clean finish at Carnarvon St and Celtic Ave.
]
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  • Indi Geneaitie

    July 27, 2019 at 3:28 am Reply

    who gave permission?? how was/is it repaid?

    • mlantin

      September 4, 2019 at 11:32 am Reply

      We stopped in at the Musqueam Cultural Pavilion by the river. We asked someone who was minding the front desk, explaining what we were doing and the aim of the project. She phoned someone who could give permission and they had a quick conversation about the project. They gave permission and said that it helped that we were not teenagers (!) How is it paid back? There is a feeling of gratitude and certainly this project is about learning to have a better relationship with where we live and the history of this place. On a bigger (fuzzy) scale I think it’s fair to say that there will be beneficial reverberations. However, on a small scale, we will drop by with some token of thanks from the creative output of the project.

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