Genius What Ifs Yield Amazing Solutions & Abundance
be pART of the i-magination for sagacious change!
In the Year of 2021
many people in the nation
became aware of their powers
waking one morning
saying to their fully human selves
“I’m mage of possibilities
I can spell good things into being”
Then in awe and wonder
they began to contemplate
what such good things might
be for the land and waters
the air and all living beings
in the immediate space
of their communities
“If I am mage of change for good
what precious seeds will I plant?”
Seeds need good soil and soil needs
good seeds, good water, good air
goodness gracious such interconnections
a whole process of natural regeneration
for plants and people insects and microbes
animals and soil… ah ah ah
But first we need some seeds of play
joy and sharing so we can come together
in our daring to take charge of change
Let’s have seeds of love and laughter
common sense
small farms village gardens
precious seeds of children’s thoughts
ideas and dreams
oh yes, this very April the Townspeople
Villagers, Hamlet and Country Dwellers
will join in LocaVision for our Near Good Future
and Poetrees will spring into bloom
throughout the valley
fuelled by one fabulous question
what if….?
What if people of the valley
the mountains and the ridge
from the very young through to the
very old spelled out their wishes
so life would become sagacious?
and together sang living harmonies
full up with magnanimous intentions
generating changes that were good
for them and for the whole wide world?
What if through the days of April
kids spelled out their dreams of in and
outdoor fun? Young people put pens and
pencils to paper to draw doodle and play
a game of prospering communities
where sharing was the main currency?
What if harried working people took time
out to dream up the kind of days
that made them grin instead of spin?
What if all people had the sort of work
they loved best of all? What if they lived
each day as Earth Day? What kinds of ifs
would they spell and sing out?
Let’s play and find our pro-fun-ditties !
Then come May first we’ll join
in community at the outdoor
oven to celebrate
this abundant gathering
of poetical seeds
with a BUN dance
and a symbolic walk of those
wish-ifs through a special portal
to transform as many as we can
into our new self-sustaining
nourishing community
reality
Join in the fun
from one to one
April to May
and then on and on
into our spirited
good
near future
our present
to ourselves
and to
generations
to follow
LocaVision Poetry
April 2021: alter-narratives for our NEAR GOOD FUTURE
*with thanks to Rob Hopkins and his inspiring book:
From What Is to What If