Mary Perry Stone - Gallery Group 4
Ed Stone, the poet, was Mary's husband who died in 1977. Each poem has a connection with the paintings and murals shown.


LAW AND ORDER
by Ed Stone

Justice is a young girl
locked in a cell
torch without a light
a green-tongued judge
is her torturer.

The keepers of justice
extract the girl's heart
feed it to their blue
god the war machine
black people die.

In the reddened streets
split black skulls
plant roaring seeds
a different garden
of law and order.


For information please contact the artist through her daughter, Ramie Streng. Her email address is: rstreng@cybernetisp.net.



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1929-1999
1999
oil mural
9'x5'


Girl in Pink
1996
oil
3'x2'


Thanksgiving "Thank You Slaves"
1998
oil mural
4'x5'


Living Off the Farmworkers
1997
9'6"x4'4"