Jeanne Powell's Writings
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Poem
Jun.12.2009
WORD DANCING (poems, prose & collages), published 2008
Jeanne Powell © March 2008
ABOUT THAT WOMAN (for all of us)
I.
remember that time, long ago and far away
yesterday and still today
there was this woman
she harvested crops after planting and tending the seeds
wove cloth from yarn she spun, and made clothes by hand
that woman carried the burden of seed implanted for...
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Poem
Jun.12.2009
WORD DANCING (poems, prose & collages), published 2008.
Jeanne Powell © May 2008
STOP THE LOSS
[paragraph 9c of the enlistment contract states: in the event of war, enlistment in the Armed Forcescontinues until six (6) months after the war ends...]
ONE
Rumors of war, we're at it again,
only the 20th time since I came of age.
civilian bodies litter foreign boulevards...
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Article
Apr.15.2009
http://www.listenandbeheard.net/archives
November 19th, 2007 (c) Jeanne Powell
Director/writer Paul Haggis distinguishes himself with his latest film, In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon.
Haggis’ film unfolds as a murder mystery, giving rise to grief, anger and edgy humor. Dialogue is spare and lean. The film is free of the...
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Article
Apr.15.2009
http://www.listenandbeheard.net/archives
May 16, 2007 (c) Jeanne Powell
The Hip-Hop Theater Festival has hit the Bay area again, and one of its highlights is the one-man performance by Jerry Quickley in “Live from the Front” at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.
Quickley is a poet and performance artist, perhaps best known as a three-time Los Angeles Poetry Grand...
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About Jeanne
"You do a beautiful job of reviewing--be it films or lectures. Reading four reviews back to back, so to speak, reinforced my conviction in this regard. I thank you wholeheartedly for keeping me up to date cinematically."
-- Louise M. Jefferson, Ph.D.,...
Connections
Causes Jeanne Powell Supports
Union of Concerned Scientists, VVAW (Vietnam Veterans Against War), Doctors Without Borders, Waterkeeper Alliance, PSR (Physicians for Social Responsibility...
Jeanne’s Favorite Books
The Chalice And The Blade by Riane Eisler; The Alchemist by Paul Coelho.