Thinking about US Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas & the sketchy, unethical stuff he's up to his neck in, & thinking about how the other Justices might be our only hope in forcing him to recuse himself in cases he's tangled up in, tho at the risk of diminishing the #SupremeCourt itself. Then this #poetry came mind, this personal yet universal meditation on how the driving force of self-preservation ultimately obliterates all else. I Go Back to May 1937 - #SharonOlds https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47057/i-go-back-to-may-1937

Thinking about US Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas & the sketchy, unethical stuff he's up to his neck in, & thinking about how the other Justices might be our only hope in forcing him to recuse himself in cases he's tangled up in, though at the risk of diminishing the #SupremeCourt itself. Then this poem came mind, this personal yet universal meditation on how the driving force of self-preservation ultimately obliterates all else.

I Go Back to May 1937 - #SharonOlds https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47057/i-go-back-to-may-1937

There was a young love a-shining
Though clouds their joy were defining
Aise de mayon,
It made them feel strong
And let their romance keep on shining

#love #romance #sharonolds #mayonnaise #limerick #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/magazine/poem-aise-de-mayon.html

@CindySue @bookstodon @poetry
#SharonOlds Stag's Leap, #AliceOswald Falling Awake

"First Thanksgiving" - #SharonOlds
#PoemOfTheDay #PoetryFoundation
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53387/first-thanksgiving-56d232a1708ba

#SharonOlds en #LosMuertosYLosVivos #poesía #leoycomparto #LeoAutoras