The Peale's Storyteller-in-Residence, Mama Linda Goss, shares stories, poetry, songs, and insights about everything from Earth Day to the untimely death of George Floyd to talking to youth about race and racism.
Mama Linda Goss is the Peale's storyteller-in-residence, as well as a performer in the African diasporic oral tradition. She is a co-founder of the National Association of Black Storytellers, which works to preserve folk traditions. Every month, she shares a poem with the Peale, as part of her collection of stories, "Mama Linda's Chapbook."
Mama Linda Goss (00:06): My bells are ringing. My soul is singing. I am the bell ringer. I am the praise singer. I am the truth teller. I am the story teller.
Mama Linda Goss (00:44): Oh Lord, help me now. Oh Lord, help me now. I say, I say. I say, I say. Mama, oh mama. My mother's bell. My mother's bells. Let the bells ring out peace. Let the bells ring out peace. Let the spirit of love be released and the hatred for mankind cease.
Mama Linda Goss (01:15): Let their prosperity increase. Let their prosperity increase. Let the gray morning change into a sunlit morn. Let us rebuild and be reborn. The winds of God have spoken, shhh.
Mama Linda Goss (01:42): Let the circle of hope be unbroken. The winds of God have spoken. Shhh, let the circle of hope be unbroken.
Asset ID: 2021.02.10.a
Poem Copyright © 2021 by Linda Goss
Find a complete transcript on the Peale's website.
