Chicken Spaghetti

Poetry Friday has come around again, and this week I chose Muriel Rukeyser’s “Poem (I lived in the first century of world wars),” which begins:

"I lived in the first century of world wars.
Most mornings I would be more or less insane"

You can read the rest of the poem at the Poetry Foundation. Thanks to some Bluesky users for mentioning this one the other day. Its initial publication date is 1968! The despair, as well as the desire for peace and reconciliation, make sense for that awful year, and I'm amazed at how well it works for our era, not to mention just this past week, with its "various devices," the continual selling, and "careless stories." 

Let's keep reaching for the pen and paper.

The roundup for April 10th is at Jone Rush MacCulloch's place.

Photo by Susan Thomsen