BRODINE, Karen

Bones [Reprinted from:] Special Report from Out and About! The Women's Coalition to STOP the Green River Murders [SIGNED Copy, Framed]

[San Francisco]: Out and About! 1986. Broadside matted and framed behind glass. Framed and matted printed poem measuring 11 x 15 inches. Signed by the author. Fine. Item #11575

Karen Brodine (1947 - 1987) was a revered American poet born in Seattle. She spent most of her adult life in the Bay Area, engaging in activity with the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. She died of cancer at age 40.

The poem at hand is a startling tribute to the victims of Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, published while Ridgway was adding to his body count of victims. Indeed, Ridgway became a suspect in the Green River Killer case in 1983. While law enforcement officials have garnered acclaim for capturing the Ridgway, it must be noted that he continued to terrorize, rape and kill victims between that initial 1983 identification as a lead suspect and his final 2001 arrest and subsequent life sentence. During that time Ridgway killed and additional 25 young women.

This poem, written while Ridgway's bloodlust ran unabated, concludes with "Bones 7. Bones 8. Bones 9, like pale long trees rattling,/calling out his name. To find him. And we will."

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