Prison Years

Day 400 of the Rule "No Sitting on the Grass"

In the camps they will tell you
no one stays hungry
forever. Sooner or later you stop
desiring, then feeling, believing. Starvation
sets in, and if cool green grass by magic
appeared, So what? your tired shoulders
would shrug. You would mill around the packed dirt
hollow-eyed—

Someday will you lead me to the river’s edge,
stub my toes until they bleed
on the tumbled rocks,
hold me knee-deep in snow melt
till my skin burns red
and the high sun raises blisters
on my back. Lay me on the gravel bank
to dry. And if I come alive,
take me home.
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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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