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No Kurienes Es esmu...

No kurienes es esmu

Esmu no drēbju knaģiem,
no Clorox un oglekļa tetrahlorīda.
Esmu no netīrumiem zem aizmugurējās lieveņa.
(Melns, mirdzošs,
tas garšoja pēc bietēm.)
Esmu no forsītijas krūma
holandiešu goba
kura sen zaudētās ekstremitātes es atceros
it kā tie būtu mani pašu.

Esmu no fudža un brillēm,
no Imogenas un Alafaira.
Esmu no visu zinošajiem
un tālāknodošanas
no Perk up! un Pipe down!
Es esmu no Viņš atjauno manu dvēseli
ar vates bumbiņu jēru
un desmit pantus es pats varu pateikt.

Esmu no Artemusa un Billijas atzara,
cepta kukurūza un stipra kafija.
No pirksta, ko pazaudēja mans vectēvs
uz urbi,
aci, ko mans tēvs aizvēra, lai saglabātu redzi.

Zem manas gultas bija kleitu kaste
izbirst vecas bildes,
pazudušu seju šķērslis
dreifēt zem maniem sapņiem.
Esmu no tiem brīžiem...
norāvos, pirms es uzplauku --
lapu krišana no ģimenes koka.

- Džordžs Ella Laions

Uzziniet vairāk par šī dzejoļa izcelsmi, projektu "Es esmu no" un izlasiet Liona norādījumus tiem, kurus iedvesmo uzrakstīt savu dzejoļa versiju šeit.

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Owen Apr 22, 2026
i thought it was a good poem i could see and really picture what i was reading
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Latrell Apr 22, 2026
hi Owen
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Artem Apr 17, 2026
trash
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gregory Apr 21, 2026
what da hell
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Patrick Watters Sep 23, 2021

Each one teach one from the heart, and may hearts shake hands with each other. Mitákuye oyàsin, hozho naasha doo, beannacht. }:- a.m.

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Kristin Pedemonti Sep 23, 2021

Thank you for Your project and bringing Where I am From back into my consciousness.
I used George Ella Lyon's Where I Am From poem in Belize to break stereotypes between cultures and teach using the 5 senses and descriptive writing with ESL and high school students. We then did an exchange with a rural school in Pennsylvania where I lived at the time as a way to build bridges beyond stereotypes of America. It was a powerful experience for the students and teachers and me too.

I'd often thought of revisiting especially during this time of extreme polarization because as I traveled across the US in 2016, 17 & 19 on tour facilitating recovery from trauma sessions, I met people of all walks of life across all political views and underneath it all we all want to be heard and understood ♡