The sky is threatening rain today
this day after the day after the day after
still I travel on
aimlessly passing strangers hugging signs and sorrows
heads down
eyes hooded,
lost in our collective quiet shame
In fading afternoon light
I pass a cemetery of the revolution
where thin and fragile tombstones
draped in dropped November leaves
stand as witness to our history,
America the Beautiful lies buried here
lost and restless deep below
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About katemccarrollmoore
Kate Moore’s passion is literacy, and she serves as a mentor teacher and staff developer throughout the greater Bay Area. Kate served three terms as the City of San Ramon's Poet Laureate (2012-2018); she also teaches poetry writing workshops and is an instructor in the Master of Arts in Teacher Leadership (MATL) program at St. Mary’s College of California. She was honored as SRVUSD Teacher of the Year in 2007 and San Ramon Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year in 2009. Kate holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice from California State University, East Bay, an M.A. in Teacher Leadership from St. Mary’s and a B.A. in English Education from SUNY Albany. She and Bob Moore are the proud parents of four beautiful grown daughters, and the smitten grandparents of six beautiful children who fill them with hope for the future.
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