Women's History Month - Page 3

Miss Rosie
- By Lucille Clifton
Famous Poem

Lucille Clifton was an American poet who lived from 1936-2010. Many of her poems show a theme of having strength through adversity. In this poem, a passerby finds Miss Rosie along the street, and she hurls insult after insult at the homeless lady. But this old lady used to be the most beautiful lady in all of Georgia. The last line of the poem changes the tone that was used at the beginning.

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when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels

when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels
or
when I watch you
in your old man's shoes
with the little toe cut out
sitting, waiting for your mind
like next week's grocery
I say
when I watch you
you wet brown bag of a woman
who used to be the best looking gal in Georgia
used to be called the Georgia Rose
I stand up
through your destruction
I stand up
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Your Brilliance And Grace
- By Stephanie Bennett-Henry
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
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Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness

Beautiful Girl,
you don’t even realize
that some people
look at your madness
and see nothing but
brilliance and grace.

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A Rhapsody Of Empowerment
- By Vaishali Vishnukandan
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2018 with permission of the Author.
It is all about encouraging a women to come out of her cage and work for upliftment.

Empowerment Of Women

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Come on, women!
Must rise to the challenges
Of your enhanced responsibilities.

Come on, women!
Must rise to the challenges
Of your enhanced responsibilities.

Yes!

We are already stronger.
Never feel blue.
Break the myth.
No force can barricade a determined woman.

Come out of your cage.
Bear the pain
Like you do the stilettos.

Wear your elegance every day.
Start rummaging for your upliftment.
Miles to reach acme.

Heads up, women!

Don't fear the fire.
Be the fire!
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I, Being Born A Woman And Distressed
- By Edna St. Vincent Millay
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"I, Being Born A Woman And Distressed" by Edna St. Vincent Millay also known as Sonnet XLI, is a poem that explores the complexities of love and desire. Through the use of poetic techniques such as imagery and metaphor, Millay portrays the speaker's struggle with societal expectations and her own desires. The poem's emotional tone is conflicted, with the speaker torn between her physical attraction to the addressee and her own sense of self. Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American poet and playwright known for her lyrical and emotionally charged poetry. She was a prominent figure in the literary and feminist movements of the early 20th century.

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I, being born a woman and distressed
By all the needs and notions of my kind,
Am urged by your propinquity to find
Your person fair, and feel a certain zest

I, being born a woman and distressed
By all the needs and notions of my kind,
Am urged by your propinquity to find
Your person fair, and feel a certain zest
To bear your body's weight upon my breast:
So subtly is the fume of life designed,
To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind,
And leave me once again undone, possessed.
Think not for this, however, the poor treason
Of my stout blood against my staggering brain,
I shall remember you with love, or season
My scorn with pity, —let me make it plain:
I find this frenzy insufficient reason
For conversation when we meet again.
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Women's History Month - Page 3

Miss Rosie

Your Brilliance And Grace

A Rhapsody Of Empowerment

It is all about encouraging a women to come out of her cage and work for upliftment.

I, Being Born A Woman And Distressed