Angelique Gagnon

Where I'm From · Aug 26, 2025 · 12m · transcript

Where I’m From #2

By Angelique Gagnon

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from sheet music,

From bacon grease saved in glass jars and Land-O-Lakes butter.

I am from the brown Victorian house that

by outward appearance never reached its full potential,

(2-story, kept at 65 degrees, in the sub-zero winter.)

I am from the Lily of the Valley,

delicate, late birthday gift of Spring,

whose aroma I secretly wished I could embody.

I’m from the Christmas tree going up after Thanksgiving dinner

and letting music move our bodies.

From Alverta Mae and Ulysses Duke.

I’m from the daily giving of hugs and…