tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post4531575256142427064..comments2024-03-28T21:51:42.221-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - For Those Who LaborTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-83368230774626710982011-09-08T17:38:37.962-04:002011-09-08T17:38:37.962-04:00Class Work
This is labor of the lowest, bareknuc...Class Work<br /><br /><br />This is labor of the lowest, bareknuckle kind:<br /><br />the bending and stretching <br />of the farmer or fruit picker<br />as we tie the same shoes over and over, hang <br />glittering fish from the ceiling<br /><br />the hefting and heaving<br />of the dock worker or trucker<br />as we haul in rolled-up rugs, drag<br />small but solid sinks and stoves into better Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38628711723116520572011-09-06T12:19:57.701-04:002011-09-06T12:19:57.701-04:00Monday Thoughts
hard at work
work of art
earthwor...Monday Thoughts<br /><br />hard at work<br />work of art<br />earthworks<br />worker bee<br />workday<br />handiwork<br />workers rights<br />worksheets<br />miracle worker<br />workforce<br /><br />labor law<br />laborious<br />woman in labor<br />labor unions<br />secretary of labor<br />labor supply<br />love's labor lost<br />manual labor<br />labor movement<br />labor day<br /><br />-KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-23100802233773169062011-09-06T07:41:36.448-04:002011-09-06T07:41:36.448-04:00night workers have
Houdini’d
The construction wor...<i>night workers have<br />Houdini’d</i><br /><br />The construction workers near here perform sleights of hand that amaze me sometimes. You've done a good job capturing it!Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-28430839906551793742011-09-05T18:39:51.073-04:002011-09-05T18:39:51.073-04:00BROKEN BRIDGE
By Steven Withrow
Between commutes,...<b>BROKEN BRIDGE<br />By Steven Withrow</b><br /><br />Between commutes, night workers have<br />Houdini’d a two-lane overpass,<br />Leaving steel-studded supports<br /><br />Bookending the old post road:<br />Totems, tomes, magician’s lore,<br />A sleight of civil engineering<br /><br />Conjured wholly out of place,<br />Span of vanished expectation,<br />As though traveling a novel<br /><br />Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.com