Poems

Dangerous

I defy the rules
of “Bind your feet” and “Bind your breasts,”
button the State-issue chambray shirt
over bare skin,
walk out into the late-June sun,
sit on the young grass, and dare
to take off my shoes.

On the soles of my feet, grass-tickle;
on my nipples, summer heat.
I tense my legs and hold my breath,
tip my hips minutely
and control by a strong act of the will
my arms lifting to embrace,
my tongue and teeth and lips shaped to kiss hard
the casually inviting one
also lying on the grass,
head inches from mine,
body at an angle of 110 degrees
like hands at four o’clock
on a whimsical garden chronometer
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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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