Cover of The Moon Is Always Female
[From "The Moon is Always Female," by Marge Piercy]
A strong woman is a woman who is straining.
A strong woman is a woman standing
on tiptoe and lifting a barbell
while trying to sing Boris Godunov. Read the rest of this entry »
Salt-of-the-earth dour women,
Scots Presbyterian, strait-laced,
undemonstrative, unremitting.
The aunties with their hair in
stiff sharp pleats, frozen Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the latest update on things at The Zoo. The kids are chafing at the bit because there are only nine school days left, then it’s summertime and the livin’ is easy, as the song goes. Read the rest of this entry »
Number One Son has fallen in love, and now spends most of his spare time on the telephone talking to his girlfriend, Read the rest of this entry »
Have you every noticed how easy it is to fall into the habit of producing a few easily-prepared meals over and over again unless you periodically pull yourself out of the rut and branch out into the vast world of culinary variety? Read the rest of this entry »
susannah
Welcome to susannahsays, which is a compilation of short essays, some poems, a little tongue-in-cheek….bits of this and that. Why don’t you grab a coffee, pull up your chair and visit for a bit?
Future worm's eye view in my worst nightmare
DH and I went out last weekend and bought some Boston ivy to plant along the side of the house, because I simply love the look of ivy growing up the walls. I’m just a bit worried, however: Read the rest of this entry »
I was sitting in my seat, book in hand, preparing to pass the two-hour train trip by reading, when to my utter astonishment and delight, a riot of colour entered the car and sat down in the aisle opposite me. The moment I saw her, I was reminded of that poem, “When I am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple.” Read the rest of this entry »
