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Sign: Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Mendocino Memory" a song by June Jordan

Address:
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
Category:
Walking path
City:
Berkeley, CA For all manhole covers in Berkeley, CA
Country:
USA For all manhole covers in USA
Shape:
Square
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Ground
Tags:
Literature and poetry 
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MENDOCINO MEMORY
for Haruko

Half moon
cold and low above the poplar tree
and sweet pea petals
pink and white/what
happened
on this personal best night
for casual stars
and silky constellations
streaming brilliant
through the far
forgetful darkness
of the sky

I found the other half
above the pillow
where you lay
asleep
face to one side
with nothing in this world
or the next
to hide

-June Jordan
Photography:
2023
Ariel Rubinstein
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Comments:
Berklee’s poetry Walk was laid in October 2003 along Edison Street between Shattuck and Milvia Streets. The route includes 128 metal plates with excerpts from songs, each of which is related in one way or another to the city of Berkeley.

The current sign features a poem written by the American poet June Jordan (1936-2002), who was an activist on issues of race, gender and immigration.
Jordan was a professor of English, Gender, and African American Studies at UC Berkeley from 1989-2002.

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The closest sign from this series (2 Meter): Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Postscript" a song by Seamus Heaney

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Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Postscript" a song by Seamus Heaney
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (2 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "The erosion of rocks blooms" a song by Lyn Hejinian
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (3 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Knowledge" a song by Jesse Michaels and Tim Armstrong
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (3 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "Song" a song by Robert Hass
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (4 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "A Gift" a song by Jack Marshall
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (4 Meter)
Berkeley - Berkeley Poetry Walk - "I-feel-like-I’m Fixin-to-die-rag" a song by Joe McDonald
2002 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA (5 Meter)

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