NMAA would like to recognize all the participants in the 2017 Acequia Photo & Art Contest. Thank you for all your beautiful submissions that honor acequia culture, traditions, and practices.
We will honor our winners at the Congreso de las Acequias on
Saturday, November 4th.
Harvest
By Maya Pena
Follow your gaze
Across lighting split skies creating nitric oxide,
Percolation reaching roots that in turn will help life reach for light.
Rows of water obey shovel’s petitions,
Performing a symbiotic cycle of water and farmer.
Commissioning heirloom seeds to feed another generation,
Memories of famine and starvation fading with every basket of corn.
Pride is palpable as relatives present gifts of harvest,
In that moment The Earth is Our Earth,
Because life is a consequence of collaboration,
And land is our most faithful partner.
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