Prison Years

Seasonality

I suppose they must have exhausted themselves,
the field of tinier-than-one-quarter-of-my-own- small-fingernail purple to magenta five petalled flowers with their dot of yellow center
blooming scattered over five feet square of the weediest, deadest looking scrap of yard
from eleven a.m. to one or two p.m. daily.

I checked for them
each time I passed; each time, they caught me
in their stunted beauty. I blew them kisses
to the consternation of the yard guards.
Two, at separate times, I plucked.

I wonder now
at the bleakness of the weedy patch
if it was some hope-crazed drive
to keep the blooming going
that inspired the invention
of dotted Swiss and Battenburg lace
and delicate floral prints.
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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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