"A Miner's Son" & "Children of the Winter" (Poems out of Cerro de Pasco, Peru; and essay)
Author: Dennis L. Siluk, Ed.D.
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"A Miner's Son"
(Cerro de Pasco)
Soft dreams, from sun-beams, commencing
over a sill, through a window, down into a crib
o'er the head of an infant boy; he lays
waiting, just waiting for the day...!
With his soft dreams, and many a days of light
tinted warm breeze, he is learning:
he's a miner's son!
Sweet is the day, angel smooth skin,
the boy is happy; life is a delight; yet
life still is thin, shadowy,
but he's learning fast, he's a miner's son!
Softly he murmurs, a blink of an eye; dove
like arms, tossed to and fro, as if
he's ready to lift a pick and hammer,
dig for minerals: he knows no harm;
he's just waiting, learning, he's a miner's son!
Sleep well, little boy, sweet babe, once your
father was just like you, he wore little shoes;
so sleep well, with your heavenly face,
you're a miner's son, strong and brave!
#2223 (2-6-2008)
Children of the Winter
(in Cerro de Pasco)
Sounds of Quenas
(flutes) now are mute,
winter in Cerro de Pasco
has come, night and day
along with a new year.
The birds have gone north,
down the mountains steep
through its abrupt terrain;
as little boys and girls,
merrily play, with
llamas, alpacas and
sheep--with long stretched
out necks, and soft wool
they want to kiss.
And then, again, they go
merrily on their way
to find a new game to play,
as they welcome
the new year in.
#2224 (2-6-2008)
Writing on Paper and Learning (an essay): let me just take a moment, and comment on the issue of writing on paper (and the process of learning; it just didn't happen overnight for the public); paper which we most likely take less notice of, advantage of, or pay it little attention at all, made the learning process possible for the masses. I am grateful for the times I live in, if it was prior to the Crusades, it would be a problem for me to write so freely on paper, or have had the chance to learn so openly. Let me explain: prior to, in and during, the dark ages when the lands in Europe did less cultivation, the mind of the public at large, was starved you could say, then all of a sudden, it started to be cultivated again, from the lack of tillage, the soil bloomed again, and commerce, became plentiful, and surplus, as in modern times, thus, this created more trade, and the cities that didn't grow were being widened, and rebuilt and growing now. The wars, Crusades, this led to routes to the East, luxuries came, and so, paper started to come into the cities cheaply, where at one time it was to the contrary, but Egypt made it possible, where prior to this it was costly, as was learning costly. Mostly a commodity only the church could give to its priests. Liberation was at hand after the dark ages, everywhere--there was no longer a reason to remain ignorant. The common dispute turned into research. It was the awakening. It grew from the days of Roger Bacon (1294 AD), onward to Leonardo, 1452, and past Galileo 1564, to its zenith, about 1661 AD (the time of Francis Bacon).
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Date Submitted: 2/6/2008
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