tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post4119372254635380148..comments2023-08-02T04:56:49.094-04:00Comments on ampersand seven: #104Therese Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-56518210435659011892009-12-14T07:31:14.334-05:002009-12-14T07:31:14.334-05:00Have determined that I need a notebook.
Forgotten...Have determined that I need a notebook.<br /><br />Forgotten the name of the other poet a dozen or so numbers back. Frank someone ... O'Hara ... love search engines that have a memory.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-63438865357740974762009-04-18T01:05:00.000-04:002009-04-18T01:05:00.000-04:00As long as it's not both sides of the canister, yo...As long as it's not both sides of the canister, you should be all right.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-41572811827643720962009-04-16T00:52:00.000-04:002009-04-16T00:52:00.000-04:00"They are begging us, you see, in their wordless w..."They are begging us, you see, in their wordless way,<br />To do something, to speak on their behalf<br />Or at least not to close the door again."<br /><br />I think I've been on both sides of that door.Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137114728827304111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-77268524104683868272009-04-15T00:40:00.000-04:002009-04-15T00:40:00.000-04:00Yeah, the old state facilities were really a mess....Yeah, the old state facilities were really a mess. Even though we've done away with some of the "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" type institutions, the system is still dismal. We just have better installed hydrotherapy control panels, really.<br /><br />Some beautiful poems along the same lines - beauty of ash and so on - were read last night, including one by Derek Mahon I love called "A Disused Shed in County Wexford." Heroic mushrooms: check it out.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-12490714710186169452009-04-14T12:07:00.000-04:002009-04-14T12:07:00.000-04:00Your post reminded me of a visit I once paid to Da...Your post reminded me of a visit I once paid to Dammasch Psychiatric State Hospital in Oregon many years back. I was a technician for a dental equipment dealer and had a service call there. It's all just a fuzzy spot in my memory except for one vivid scene. I'm walking down a typicaly wide hospital hallway painted with institutional green and lined with locked doors. The floor is a dark highly waxed linoleum reflecting the florescent lights and approaching me down the hall is a woman perhaps in her thirties. As the space between us closes, she begins rubbing her breasts and continues as we pass. My uneasyness then doubled and I was greatful when I left. Now though, when I think of it, perhaps that was her way of hitting on me. I'm glad I didn't respond.<br />Dammasch was opened in 1961 but is now closed along with many other state psychiatric hospitals. There was a national de-institutionalization movement in the 60's and 70's. I can understand why if the ambience in all of the hospitals was as I described. Community care centers were then relied on for treatment. Unfortunately, I don't believe that system has worked effectively because many of the people who should be on meds to function, don't take them or can't because their expensive. Too many end up on the streets medicating themselves with alcohol.<br />Oops, I'm ranting. Better stop.<br /><br />The canisters are georgeous. There's a bible verse that speaks of beauty for ashes. It's in Isaiah 61 if you're curious.Pierrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04137114728827304111noreply@blogger.com