Thanks, Mosses David Bautista-Amick, Miranda Brewer, Sarah Davis, Redmond Gallagher, Guadalupe Gonzalez, Abigail Gross, Leilani Ingham, Oscar Jarmon, Diane Maillotte, Dorian Perez Bacilio, Edgar Ramos Estrada, Melissa Ramos-Nevarez, David Ross, Jordyn Smith, Julie Wappel, and Hunter Zezovski This is a found poem composed of quotes from the primary literature and the book Gathering Moss by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer that were read in Dr. Katherine Barrett’s Human Ecology class. Students from the class worked in small groups to imitate poems they enjoyed, and this poem is a compilation of selected verses that they wrote. The poem is constructed in a way meant to convey the meaning of Human Ecology and what it means to care for our common home. I think I am following a Bear.1 It was the earth: still there; still strong; still under your feet.2 And the paths were still there, the road was still there…3 There is much we can’t see…4 There is a home for everything, the puzzle pieces slip into place, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss (Oregon State University Press, 2003), 4. Helen Cox, “Loss, healing, and the power of place,” Human Studies, no. 23 (2003): 76. 3 Ibid. 4 Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss (Oregon State University Press, 2003), 6. 1 2
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