Nelson Mandela, leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, is released from prison after 27 years on February 11, 1990.
When I was 27, I was pregnant with my son,
And in the third trimester, I went to England,
Experiencing Stratford on Avon, where he heard
His first Shakespeare play—Much Ado About Nothing—
And toured Roman baths and experienced the result Continue reading “27 Years”
Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry 