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On the sign:
PREMONITION
The owl sings. a plaintive overture to interruption.
The burden of the scorching sun gives way.
In the blossoms of an ancient cactus pure light sketches the entrails of history.
Its frail purple hand trembles on the verge of fortune:
On the thin leaf of memory the green lash of time paints cherries in tender water.
From indian chalices emerge premonitions of absent blood.
-Lucha Corpi, translated by Catherine Rodriguez-Nieto
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 plaque features a poem written by the Mexican-American poet Lucha Corpi (1945), who studied at the University of Berkeley, and later coordinated Chicano Studies at the University of Berkeley