David Sparenberg

David Sparenberg is a world citizen, environmental & peace advocate & activist, actor, poet-playwright, storyteller, teacher and author.


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	BIRDS and VIOLINS by David Sparenberg BIRDS and VIOLINSwith thanks to Quene in Spain There are some who love the Earth still (too few) and the vast array of natural wonders, who delight to awaken to the m
	WALL of ISOLATION by David Sparenberg Lah! Trump, with aid of the coronavirus pandemic and hardcore ignorance, has successfully built a wall! It is not the wall he campaigned on, stirring up xenophobia and racial hatred. But he has a wall surrounding these Unite
	IN ALAHIYI by David Sparenberg based on a traditional Cherokee love charmIn Alahiyi you make your home, mysterious woman.Now you have come near to hear meIn Alahiyi is your home, light woman.

	Mr. FLOYD by David Sparenberg My maternal grandfather’s family name is Floyd. His mother was a Cherokee woman and Grandfather Floyd’s cousin was from the Choctaw nation. The cousin was considered the Robin Hood of the American Great Depression and was im
	The ANCESTOR by David Sparenberg Here is the story of my Native American great grandmother, whose presence lives in me to this day. I do not know her name, the reason for which will be part of the telling. I do know that she was a full blood Eastern Cherokee woman
	Encounter by David Sparenberg If pure lightcasts a shadowwhat is the natureof that shadow?Is that shadownot white? How can light be dark
	GATHERING at the CENTER by David Sparenberg This poem was originally written on request and publicly recited by then Seattle Major, Norm Rice (a Black American) for the reopening of Key Arena and the Founders’ Fountain at the Seattle Center on 28 October 1995. At that time, what
	MAN WALKING an UNPAVED ROAD by David Sparenberg Man walks along an unpaved road. His feet make rhythm—the rhythm of a human walking (a two legged, as sages say). His feet form patterns on the wending road—changes to micro-climates and eco-structures, tiny thun
	Autistic Boy by David Sparenberg The mute boyas slender as a willow saplinglooks at the worldwith eyes big and bright bylight intake and color.
	Element Dancer by David Sparenberg (For four voices and choreographer-dancers; this composition can be arranged to highlight the individual creativity of the performers.) EARTH: I want the Earth to acceptthat I am standi
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