Comments on: poem of the day: “The Low Road,” by Marge Piercy http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2009/07/02/poem_of_the_day_the_low_road_by_marge_piercy/ Because I Said So Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:46:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The Other Laura http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2009/07/02/poem_of_the_day_the_low_road_by_marge_piercy/comment-page-1/#comment-38174 The Other Laura Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:08:21 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/?p=1748#comment-38174 I love Marge Piercy and have actually had dinner at the same table with her - and yes, she smells a bit like patchouli. My sister read a poem of hers at our wedding. Thanks for reminding me. I love Marge Piercy and have actually had dinner at the same table with her – and yes, she smells a bit like patchouli.

My sister read a poem of hers at our wedding. Thanks for reminding me.

]]> By: Anne T http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2009/07/02/poem_of_the_day_the_low_road_by_marge_piercy/comment-page-1/#comment-38066 Anne T Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:52:34 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/?p=1748#comment-38066 Thanks WM. Good to know you are a fan. I am not familiar with this Piercy poem. But lines from others are in my heart. We read "To Be of Use" at my mom's funeral. These lines are from there: "The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing well done has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident." And I love the lines "Economy is the bone, politics is the flesh, watch who they beat and who they eat, watch who they relieve themselves on, watch who they own. The rest is decoration." from "In the Men's Rooms" Still resonant thirty years later.... Thanks WM. Good to know you are a fan.
I am not familiar with this Piercy poem. But lines from others are in my heart. We read “To Be of Use” at my mom’s funeral. These lines are from there:
“The work of the world is common as mud.
Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
But the thing worth doing well done
has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.”
And I love the lines
“Economy is the bone, politics is the flesh,
watch who they beat and who they eat,
watch who they relieve themselves on, watch who they own.
The rest is decoration.”
from “In the Men’s Rooms”
Still resonant thirty years later….

]]> By: WackyMummy http://wackymommy.org/blog/archive/2009/07/02/poem_of_the_day_the_low_road_by_marge_piercy/comment-page-1/#comment-37956 WackyMummy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:06:13 +0000 http://wackymommy.org/?p=1748#comment-37956 I like. =) I like. =)

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