The Tuesday Poem: Refeaturing Nancy Mattson — “Letter from Somewhere, 1932″

Letter from Somewhere, 1932

In the unmapped centre of the uncut forest
before we came somewhere from Uhtua
happy workers hustled up the first buildings
……………in the fourth year of a five-year plan
……………time moves so fast whatever our purposes
restaurant sauna laundry-hut bakery shop
warehouse stables office red corner to hang
faces of leaders posters photographs banners
charts to drill this alphabet into our wooden heads
prepare us to work for the common good
……………as our leaders so often remin...