Sue Doro
Autor de Blue Collar Goodbyes
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The poems in Heart, Home, & Hard Hats wouldn't fare well in a university MFA seminar. But then, Sue Doro isn't writing for a university MFA audience. Let's stop being snotty about poetry. Sue Doro is a factory machinist who writes with feeling about her job, her coworkers, and her family. After reading her poems, I'd like to sit down with her and buy her a beer. Does anyone feel that way about T.S. Eliot?
Granted, if I were editing her book, I would have tossed out half the poems - like, anything with the word "womyn" in it. The remainders would stand up nicely in a shorter, tighter edition.
Sue opens her heart. That's the chance a poet takes at the risk of withering scorn.
She's simple, direct, and writes about real love and a real world — loving her husband, loving her children, supporting her coworkers, toiling hard at a dirty job and thinking she deserves equal pay. Here's a sample:
Where's My Hammer?
number 13's still screwed up
have to whap it with a hammer
every time I want the tool bar up or down
and my arm is killing me
hammering at a funny sideways angle
all the time
told the foreman the machine was broke
he says it'll get fixed
it's on the "list"
felt like tellin' him
I got a list too…
and HE'S on it
WHERE'S MY HAMMER!?!… (más)
Granted, if I were editing her book, I would have tossed out half the poems - like, anything with the word "womyn" in it. The remainders would stand up nicely in a shorter, tighter edition.
Sue opens her heart. That's the chance a poet takes at the risk of withering scorn.
She's simple, direct, and writes about real love and a real world — loving her husband, loving her children, supporting her coworkers, toiling hard at a dirty job and thinking she deserves equal pay. Here's a sample:
Where's My Hammer?
number 13's still screwed up
have to whap it with a hammer
every time I want the tool bar up or down
and my arm is killing me
hammering at a funny sideways angle
all the time
told the foreman the machine was broke
he says it'll get fixed
it's on the "list"
felt like tellin' him
I got a list too…
and HE'S on it
WHERE'S MY HAMMER!?!… (más)
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Sue Doro was a machinist in the Rust Belt running lathes, maintaining railroad wheels and other big items for the Milwaukee Road and Allis Chalmers. She writes about her co-workers and her job from a refreshing point of view - that of a blue collar female.
The poems have rough edges, but that's part of the charm for me.