Poems

Godwind

__The goal of spiritual direction is to develop in the directee
a personal relationship with god__.

You lifted me up from my place
at the top of the prison yard steps,
revealed Yourself to me

and for an instant
I knew you I was you. Traveling over all of time,
spanning all the globe, as Shaper
We wore down the face of rock. As Mover
We stirred up ocean waves. As Creator
by the rules laid down since the beginning
We made weather,
ripening ’87 reds to the rarest of vintages,
freezing continents indiscriminately.

Returned,
my feet take the pavement steps to the yard.
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About Katherine Power

I didn’t set out to be a terrorist. As a student activist, I moved from protesting the war in Viet Nam to waging guerrilla war to overthrow the government….
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Recent and Upcoming Appearances & Publications
3/12/19 Peace, Justice and Transformation, Parallel Conference to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, 777 United Nations Plaza, NYC
11/13/18 A Journey from Guerrilla to Grandmother, Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative, Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778
10/10/18 Provincetown Women’s Week Reading from Doing Time:Papers from Framingham Prison, AMP, 432 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
4/6-9/2018 The Nature of Change, Radical Imagination Conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1/15/2014 Complexity and Social Change, Occupy Radio
10/31/2013 Surrender, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
10/25/2013 Surrender, Taos Community Theater, Taos, NM

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