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APW Group Poem

Completed 28 June 2000


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Zen of Housework


I look over my own shoulder

and I see the horizon crumble
Sharon Eads
Austin, TX USA - Tue Feb 29 15:06:09 2000
and I wonder, what has this to do with housework?
Karen
Singapore - Wed Mar 1 08:20:04 2000
Mop meditations, dust incantations,
Marcy Winograd
Pacific Palisades, CA USA - Sat Mar 4 08:15:32 2000
liturgies of laundry lead me to
Skylar Burris
Harlingen, TX USA - Mon Mar 6 17:56:49 2000
worship the work I do.
rathnashikamani bijja
kalpakkam, TN india - Thu Mar 9 04:56:33 2000

I am caged by walls I've built,
Rachel
Wonderland, WI USA - Tue Mar 14 10:05:13 2000
buried amongst the cloth-filled mountains,
jaime belmares
Austin, TX USA - Tue Mar 14 22:27:06 2000
confused by my own flag of claim.
Teri Browning
Williamsburg, KY USA - Sat Mar 18 08:50:03 2000
The scent of amonia burns my brain cells
Kym Bryant
Farmington, Me USA - Thu Mar 23 05:48:23 2000

Frailty moves me to a caffeinated moment with newspapers.
Ingrid F
Ottawa, ON Canada - Tue Apr 4 11:20:33 2000
Joy and Sorrow ties together nothing to share.
Rachana Rahman
frankfort, ky USA - Wed Apr 5 09:42:01 2000
Nothing to give...oh, but there were
Mysti
Avon, CO USA - Fri Apr 14 03:37:23 2000
days when the "Om-m-m" of home cleared the air, the mind
Patricia
Wheeling, WV USA - Fri Apr 14 23:23:47 2000
loosing itself in a favorite corner, crackling stairs,
Lauraine Lagace
Calgary, al canada - Sun Apr 16 08:48:40 2000
snapping for the chamber maid to bring a bucket of ice and some celery.
Anthony Jacobs
Columbus, Oh USA - Sun Apr 16 19:57:29 2000

Now the mind only reverbrates with Tide-faded dreams,
h.g. tyler
raleigh, nc USA - Fri Apr 21 21:45:07 2000
and I stare at dust of time past
Mark Manis
Dry Ridge, KY USA - Sun Apr 23 15:02:52 2000
and wonder how long this task will last.
Robin
Irvington, NJ USA - Tue Apr 25 17:24:57 2000
Screaming within to break the spell of monotony,
Faithe
USA - Sat Apr 29 11:50:03 2000
another soap opera temporary lobotomy.
Joy
San Antonio, TX USA - Sun May 7 22:52:41 2000

Scratch another line to mark these hazy days,
Sara
Austin, TX USA - Tue May 9 17:49:57 2000
your duties are done, set your worries astray --
Laura Hamelinck
Millbrook, On Canada - Sun May 14 11:42:05 2000
red chapped hands and faded eyes
Elma Selby
Fairfield, PA USA - Fri May 19 16:04:39 2000
testify against our youthful dreams
Rosemary M. Welsh
Sellersville, PA USA - Mon May 22 17:17:00 2000
as we step into this realm we call adulthood.
Mary BlackBonnet
mission, SD USA - Sun Jun 4 16:17:31 2000