Portlandia - The Unspoken Hero

Portlandia, the second largest sculpture in the United States after the Statue of Liberty, by Raymond Kaskey and the accompanying poem by Ronald Talney

She kneels down,
and from the quietness
of copper
reaches out.

We take that stillness
into ourselves,
and somewhere
deep in the earth
our breath

becomes her city.
If she could speak
this is what
she would say :

Follow that breath.
Home is the journey we make.
This is how the world
knows where we are

~~ Ronald Talney, 1985~~