Power by Adrienne Rich

14. May 2008, 8:02 Uhrtea, adrienne richrinabeana

We haven’t heard from Adrienne Rich in a while. I might also take this opportunity to highly recommend Eve Curie’s biography of her famous mother Marie, entitled Madame Curie. She was an amazing woman and it’s a wonderful story.

Power
By Adrienne Rich

Living   in the earth-deposits   of our history

Today a backhoe divulged   out of a crumbling flank of earth
one bottle   amber   perfect   a hundred-year-old
cure for fever   or melancholy   a tonic
for living on this earth   in the winters of this climate

Today I was reading about Marie Curie:
she must have known she suffered   from radiation sickness
her body bombarded for years   by the element
she had purified
It seems she denied to the end
the source of the cataracts on her eyes
the cracked and suppurating skin   of her finger-ends
till she could no longer hold   a test-tube or a pencil

She died a famous woman   denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds   came   from the same source as her power

Current Tea: wedding chai (Indian black tea blended with cardamom and vanilla)

2 comments:

  1. Tom Humes, 14. May 2008, 8:50

    Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.

    Tom Humes

     
  2. rinabeana, 15. May 2008, 22:11

    I’m glad you like it! Thanks for commenting.

     

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