Hello and Happy New Year! It’s been a little more than a year and a half since I was transferred to the Admin Unit at Carswell. Many folks have written wondering if I was in the hospital here, and no, I…
New Marie Mason artwork posted to the site
Here are some paintings recently shared by Marie with some of her supporters. You can see more of her work, including other paintings and poetry at Marie’s Writings, Pictures, Video page.
Marie Mason Poem for Nicaraguan Workers
Marie wrote this poem after hearing a story about workers becoming ill in Nicaragua from working on rubber tree and sugar cane plantations.
The Isle of Widows, Nicaragua
The heat rises, steam
Moves
With the breath of trees,
Into the air
Haunted eyes speak
Their questions of a mystery
The men of science come to study
This embarassing plague
This withering away
That leaves the widows wondering.
What is the science of oppression?
Pattern
“Pattern” Marie Mason December 2008 What lies within, still ties without One flowing through one From one into another A filament of Spirit Spun spider fine And finite Just enough to touch us all. Tying tiny threads of possibility Tangling…
Promise
“Promise” Marie Mason December 2008 My face against the mossish bark Arms outstretched to hold and feel the heartbeat throb of Water Pulsing low below the surface Even as it runs through my own veins Your feet thrust deep within…