Sleeping (the family) José Clemente Orozco, 1930
“Painting…it persuades the heart.” (Orozco)
My eye is drawn first to the blue,
most radiant hue
robing this woman, a mother,
in warmth, the color of Mary
she is turned toward the father, his face bathed in heavenly light
asleep on the earthen floor of this makeshift shelter
Soft folds of blanket envelope them
where they lie together
two exhausted parents
too exhausted to hear the song of their daughter
wide awake now,
lullabying a song she learned from them
as they moved from field to field
carrying pots of clay, red as the earth
How did she come to be,
this beautiful child, the color of the earth they work,
the earth they love?
What joy, what migrant passion called her forth
to walk beside them in the light and sing a night song
unafraid
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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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