The Four Elements: EARTH

EARTH

MUSIC

“Fireflies”  OWL CITY from their album “Ocean Eyes”
“From a Distance”  NANCI GRIFFITH           from      “Lone Star State of Mind”
“ToadEater” Hedningarna   Groda/Wedergrenefrom Northside: NORDIC ROOTS contemp. Laplander and  Scandanavian music.
” Stabat Mater” Pergolesi  June Anderson Cecilia Bartoli    Charles Dutoit  Sinfonietta de Montreal
“Bierdna” Hedningarna Nordic Roots Contemporary Laplander and Scandanavian music
“Tocatta & Fugue in d minor” J.S. Bach  James Welch on Flentrop Organ;  Wilson Audiofile
“Bang Zoom” Bobby McFerrin from CD of same name Blue Note Contemporary Capitol Records 1995
“Mountains” Lonestar  from their CD “Mountains” BMG Music 2005
“Arabia”  David Grisman, Jerry Garcia from their album Grisman & Garcia 1991 Acoustic Disc

POEMS

Linda Gregg “We Manage Most When We Manage Small”
Christine Hemp “Tunneling”
Ted Kooser “Mother”
Louise Glück, “Wild Iris”

About Christine Hemp

Poet and writer Christine Hemp has aired her poems and essays on NPR’s Morning Edition; she has sent a poem of hers into space on a NASA mission to monitor the birth of stars; and her essays have appeared in such publications as the Iowa Review, Yale Anglers Journal, and the Boston Globe. Her awards include Harvard Extension School’s Conway Award for Teaching Writing, a Washington State Artist Trust Fellowship for Literature, and an Iowa Review Award. Her poetry collection, That Fall, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2011. Hemp teaches at the University of Iowa Summer Writing Festival.
Poems and Ponderings

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