Ed Stone, the poet, was Mary's husband who died in 1977. Each poem has a connection with the paintings and murals shown.
SUCCESS
by Ed Stone
You would have been so proud
of me had I peddled fish
in the midst of fish shortages
hundreds thousands of pounds
of bad fish sold to the rich
for hundreds and thousands
and millions of dollars cash
while the poor ate dry beans
and green bread and the dead
lay piled like piles of dead
fish for the want of my fish.
You would have been so proud
of me you would have smelled
my death and thought you smelled
fish.
For information please contact the artist through her daughter, Ramie Streng. Her email address is: rstreng@cybernetisp.net.
