In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Saturday, March 05, 2005

Apples & Oranges 

Today Mario replied to a letter from a student in Colorado who was doing a paper on him for her class, and he told her the titles of a couple of poems he really liked. They are also poems I like, too, so I will link them here (the first two) and I'll add an additional couple of my favorites: "What He Thought" by Heather McHugh, "Snowy Egret" by Bruce Weigl, "When I Was" by Mario Milosevic, and "Wage Peace" by Judyth Hill. (This poem is often attributed to Mary Oliver.) This last one I use as a signature on my emails (which I'm sure I've quoted before in FS). It's by Elsa Gidlow:

You say I am mysterious.
Let me explain myself:
In a land of oranges
I am faithful to apples.

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Posted by: Kim Antieau / 3/05/2005 06:14:00 PM
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