Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Ruth Blandford: Like Stone

By Ruth Blandford (1902-2004), my maternal grandmother's (Lucinda Ann Strong Long) cousin, from her book, Hewn Like Stone: Poems:

Like Stone

The mind is such a private place.
Its thoughts are all its own.
Before I dare to cast one out
It must be hewn like stone.

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