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it is time, baby girl.
from this point on
every choice that you make will be an answer
Who do you want to be?
What kind of woman?
be a tire swing
a child’s first jump rope.
be a glow worm
or a Canada goose.
be the mason’s thumbprint that is left
in the mortar between the stones.
be a walk in the woods
be a paper birch in a forest of pines
be the first step that is taken off trail
be no internet connection
no signal
a dropped call.

be a walking stick for others
be the lover’s tree
or better still,
be the stone that is picked from the earth,
the one used to chisel the heart around their names
that is still carried in a pocket today.
be the breath that is taken
the courage to try
be the first kiss
be the Aspen’s dance, baby
the cello wind
be juniper berry bold
be the first leaf to change its color in the fall
but the last to drop from the tree
be the No. 2 pencil
no, be the poets hand
you’re the author
revise
revise
and revise some more.
and my darling sweet girl,
whatever you do
just be.

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from The Hummingbird's Dance, released June 30, 2022
Voice: Rosetta Peters
Music: JG Everest
Recorded and Mixed by Ben Durrant at Crazy Beast Studio, MPLS
Words written by Rosetta Peters
Music composed & performed by JG Everest Seagull Karma Music ASCAP

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Rosetta Peters + JG Everest Minneapolis, Minnesota

Based in Mni Sota Makoče, Poet Rosetta "Rosie" Peters and Composer / Multi-instrumentalist JG Everest met in 2016 and first performed together on The Buffalo Show in 2017. They have since collaboratively created an impressive collection of Poetry + Music pieces showcased on their debut album, The Hummingbird's Dance. (2022) ... more

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