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If Thou Must Love Me
- By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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If Thou Must Love Me is Sonnet 14 in "Sonnets from the Portuguese," a collection of 44 love poems from Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861) to her future husband Robert Browning. The couple married in 1846 and the collection was first published in 1850. Elizabeth was hesitant to publish the extremely personal collection, but Robert, a famous poet himself, urged her to publish them. The title suggesting that the sonnets were written by an unknown Portuguese was an attempt to give the couple some privacy.

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If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way
Of speaking gently, ... for a trick of thought

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way
Of speaking gently, ... for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day'—
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry,—
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

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You Are Enough
- By Bethny Ricks
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2021 with permission of the Author.
Along the way I have learned a tough lesson: even in my imperfection I am still worthy of love, someone’s time, and a consistent feeling of wholeness.
My value is not connected to perfection, strength, or my ability to weather a storm. Which means that even on those days when I struggle to show up or feel ill-equipped, I am still a woman of worth and value

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You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough

You are enough
You have always been enough, and
You will forever be
Enough

no matter what you see
how you feel, or the lies you may
believe

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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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Homage To My Hips
- By Lucille Clifton
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Lucille Clifton was an American poet who lived from 1936-2010. Her poetry celebrates her African American heritage and usually includes feminist themes, which can be seen in this poem. In "Homage to My Hips," she shows she is proud of who she is. She won’t conform to expectations or be held back. That can even be seen in how she chooses not to capitalize the first letter of a new line.

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these hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little

these hips are big hips
they need space to
move around in.
they don't fit into little
petty places. these hips
are free hips.
they don't like to be held back.
these hips have never been enslaved,
they go where they want to go
they do what they want to do.
these hips are mighty hips.
these hips are magic hips.
i have known them
to put a spell on a man and
spin him like a top!
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Work what you've got and be proud of it. Someone else probably wishes they had what you've got.

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Women's History Month - Page 3

If Thou Must Love Me

You Are Enough

A Rhapsody Of Empowerment

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

Homage To My Hips