February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day from Sam Cornish!

Boston's Poet Laureate, Sam Cornish, crafts this song of love. (Read the magnified text below the image.)

ROMANCE

For them O & M
Beyonce and

the good old
songs

our parents
danced to

"At Last"
it is the two

of them
old school
slow

dancing
one

step
and then

another gliding

to the music
"At Last"

my lonely
days

are over
the two

of them
leaning

with the music
the song

is them
and us their

hearts
move

each other
hers

his
so close

they are
these two

we cannot
see

how dark
the ballroom

is young
people

thinking
it is our fathers

our mothers
in love

so
long

ago

— Sam Cornish

Decades ago, Sam and I were teammates on Education Development Center's nationwide project to guide learner-centered curriculum development initiatives as part of the federally-supported "Great Society" broad agenda to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. And great love for students, teachers, families, and communities was key in whatever successful outcomes came of our team's work with them nationwide.

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