Perhaps the World Ends HereKücheninterieur, 17th century
By Joy Harjo
The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.
The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table. So it has been since creation, and it will go on.
We chase chickens or dogs away from it. Babies teethe at the corners. They scrape their knees under it.
It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women.
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7 comments:
Great old pictures, it must have taken some time to find all of them
Wonderful pieces...though the La Cuisinière Hollandaise *really* caught my eye.
I love kitchens, too...there's something about the aromas associated with them that touch deep in the human core.
Tabatha, I love this poem, have never seen it, so thank you for sharing it & the pictures. Kitchen tables do elicit such feelings & memories, but this seems more than that, at the core of what is our community, our family. I love "It is here that children are given instructions on what it means to be human. We make men at it, we make women."
Love all these kitchen paintings! The poem is one of my favorites, one of the first I shared for Poetry Friday back when I first started blogging in 2007. :)
"In the Kitchen" is one of my favorite Harjo poems. Beautiful.
This poem is new to me, and I am incredibly grateful that you shared it and I found it today. You chose such beautiful images to go with these words, and I love our kitchen table even more now. Thank you! a.
This poem is new to me, and I am incredibly grateful that you shared it and I found it today. You chose such beautiful images to go with these words, and I love our kitchen table even more now. Thank you! a.
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