INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
(I might have missed this opportunity were it not for Leonidas's reminder. I am still a little unsure of the ending. Do I ground it properly? Let me have your thoughts.)
Raise your voices; have your say!
International Women’s Day.
Banish weakness. Let’s be strong.
Time to right what has been wrong.
Linking arms in sisterhood,
Pledged to Justice, pledged to Good.
Standing proud and standing tall,
The worth of one the strength of all
Yellow, brown, black or white
Joined together in the fight.
Joined in gender, joined in name
Equally we are the same.
Bald or bushy, straight or dyke
All our fannies look alike.
John Coopey
Sun 23rd Mar 2025 20:01
I respectfully beg to differ about the last two lines, Helene. I think they are the finest two lines of verse I have ever written.