Ruth Blandford: Antagonists

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

Antagonists

My mind and body they are two,
And never have been one.
Animals never fought so hard
Within a tighter cage.

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.