I am Salmon.
I am Black Rhino.
I am Honey Bee.
Soon to be fossilized
Into your earth. Unless
You learn to hear
Hummingbird wings.
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I am Salmon.
I am Black Rhino.
I am Honey Bee.
Soon to be fossilized
Into your earth. Unless
You learn to hear
Hummingbird wings.

Frances Kakugawa, who currently resides in Sacramento, was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii in Kapoho, which was demolished by lava when she was 18 years old. She has taught for many years in the Michigan and Hawaii public school systems; conducted language arts workshops for teachers in Micronesia and in Hawaii; and was a curriculum writer and lecturer for the University of Hawaii.

Forty miles north of Chicago, the Center is home to breathtakingly beautiful prairie, savanna, wetland, woodland, and ravine in the homelands of the Council of Three Fires—the Potawatomi, Ojibwa, and Ottawa.
Center for Humans & Nature
17660 West Casey Road
Libertyville, Illinois 60048