Today was not a normal day of work for me. Instead of teaching my amazing students, I chose to participate … More
Tag: Poems about work
UCU Strike Poems 12 – Diving into the Wreck, by Adrienne Rich
Diving into the Wreck First having read the book of myths,and loaded the camera,and checked the edge of the knife-blade,I … More
UCU Strike Poems 11 -An Horatian Notion, by Thomas Lux
An Horatian Notion The thing gets made, gets built, and you’re the slavewho rolls the log beneath the block, then … More
UCU Strike Poems 10 – from A New Guide, by Kenneth Koch
from A New Guide 7 Look at this arch.It is part of a building more than seven hundred years old.Every day … More
UCU Strike Poems 8 – Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009, by Margaret Alice
Five Minutes Of Work 4.23.2009 Attending the PMDS workshop today46-page page performance documentto be discussed in detail, I opened … More
UCU Strike Poems 3 – Calling Him Back from Layoff, by Bob Hicok
Calling Him Back from Layoff I called a man today. After he saidhello and I said hello came a pauseduring … More
UCU Strike Poems 2 – Invisible Work, by Alison Luterman
Invisible Work Because no one could ever praise me enough,because I don’t mean these poems onlybut the unseenunbelievable effort it … More
UCU Strike Poems 1 – What Work Is, by Philip Levine
What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long linewaiting at Ford Highland Park. For work.You know what … More
