Skip to content

Nancy Wood Literary Trust

Presenting the poetry, books, and photographs of Nancy Wood, 1936-2013

Nancy Wood Literary Trust
  • Photographs
    • Prints for Sale
  • Books
    • Poem Posters
  • Rights and Permissions
  • Biography
    • A Woman as Strong as Mountains
  • Contact

work

To live one must make a living – September 2021

09/29/2021

FromĀ War Cry on a Prayer Feather, 1979, by Nancy Wood

 

To live one must make a living.

In making a living we lose our faces

And see instead the images

Of what we have become.

If only

If only

Life did not become a business.

Categories Poems Tags life, War Cry on a Prayer Feather, work

Recent Posts

  • Book Released May 16! The Selected Poems of Nancy Wood
  • Feather – May 2022
  • Letting Go – April 2022
  • I wish the quiet heart – March 2022
  • The Breath of Fire – February 2022
  • Things that remember themselves – January 2022
  • I give to you this life – December 2021
  • How the Universe Doubled – November 2021
  • Wild Love – October 2021
  • To live one must make a living – September 2021
  • Limited-edition sets of Nancy’s poetry books
  • What remains beyond us to know – August 2021

Subscribe to the Poem of the Month

We will only use your email address to send you the Poem of the Month.

Check your inbox to confirm your subscription.

© 2022 The Nancy Wood Literary Trust