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*III Poems To Women
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Women Are Spirit
SUN MOON AND STARS
When we were children,
we thought
our father was the gold sun,
and our mother the silver moon.
Not til earth set and
turned away from his sun, did we see
she was all the diamond stars.
(to our mother )
JILL OUT OF BOX
She liked sometimes to go to early morning
mass... when she was not a jack in the box..
told to stand up sit down kneel down
stand up sit down kneel down
And she was brave enough this weekend
to tell a man at the evangelical
gathering.. she no longer wanted
to be part of a flock of female
flamingoes..
or of sheep..
obediently following a hierarchical
male pastor..
She preferred alone
with God to confer
or in a circle of women
and men to concur
HEAD COVERING
Is it not odd
that in the holy temples
and mosques
head covering is donned..
while in churches
& chapels it is doffed?
Yet few change their hats
when they enter
the sacred ground
of Mother Earth
.. in spring greengowned
.. or in fall
when her leaves she
has offed
...........................
The Course In Miracles: the holiest ground is that in which
2 former foes reconcile
Paul's injunction that women cover their heads in church is still
a cause of controversy.. though his intention was perhaps that beauty
not distract others from worship
FIRE IN THEIR EYES
She could see
by the new fire
in their eyes
that she had lit
their souls
.. and yet
had not diminished
her own flame
(to Betty Friedan)
A 947 lb. pumpkin had been grown by a Smithville Ohio Carnegie
student 2 years ago and replaced by an 1100 lb. record breaker. God's
fruit yields 450,000 or more lbs. per acre.
http://www.acorn.net/fruitarian
http://www.egroups.com/messages/fruitarians not meant as an
endorsement of male oriented fairy tales but as an affirmation of the
infinite love within and around all beings
WOMEN INHERIT THE EARTH
The meek and women
shall inherit the earth
.. as macho male bodies
lie in the dirt..
while their souls have
gone to meet
the Maker of the Meek
Men live longer on vegan diet Men live longer when doing work they
love. Most heart attacks occur on Monday morning as people go to jobs
they hate.
GOD'S MAJORITY
Though her
inner voice
is only one..
by most a definite
minority
.. because
she is connected
to God
it ever is
God's majority
Though her sisters
around the world
sometimes feel
disempowered..
it is good to
remind each other
.. that we are
God's Majority
EVE RISING
Was it when Adam fell
or Eve fell
that
Eden fell
on a summer's eve?
Who knows?
but this we can tell
..
the bright moon
is on the horizon
and her
goddess Eve is Rising!!!
Fr Ron Lengwin of KDKA Radio: the apple was the heart of the first butchered animal
FELIX HELIX!
Eureka! Felix!
It's a helix!
to Rosalind Franklin whose research along with that of Linus Pauling
gave Watson and Crick crucial clues in their DNA discovery race
JEWISH WOMEN'S CAUCUS BOYCOTT OF MOSES
Before his death, her husband was sitting in the tub
musing one day.. and said "My wife organized the Jewish
Women's Caucus Boycott of Moses".. a few minutes went
by then.. "Wait! I am receiving a correction..! My wife
was the very last woman to join the boycott!"
Years went by.. and she wondered what he meant..
and began to realize that she was a latecomer to the women's rights
movement.. not having considered it as high a priority.. for she had
been saturated in love and empowerment by her parents And then came
the realization that she had wimped out on Vanessa Redgrave.. who was
ostracized for supporting a Palestinian state.
INVISIBLE WOMAN
More subtle is invisible
Unseen greater than the seen
High notes are soft but higher go
Jesus washed His disciples' feet.
Yond ego's pale
she left no tracks
Turned so fast she
seemed not to move.
The child in man
do women feed
for what is it
love has to prove
Who is the prime minister of love?
Who the president of caring?
Who the chief exec of Kind?
Who the highest head of sharing?
Male pyramids melt
in female fire.
Mens' skyscrapers stop
where women's sky begins.
Who advertise
the soul in their eyes?
Who do anonymous saints
immortalize?
Some day master learns
the faithful servant
was his guru..
Male foam wake of ocean liner
riding on a female sea.
Male speech echoes
in mate's silence
Soundless quiet which
holds all beings
©to Constantina Salamone of World Women For Animal Rights in
Brooklyn.. who coined the word speciesism and ecofeminist as she
built a network of 15,000 ecofeminists worldwide.. She passed out in
Manhattan in 1970.. pamphlets on women animals.. the vast majority of
abused animals.. whose milk and eggs are stolen ..She is an artist,
mountainclimber, and uncontainable mystic http://www.eggcruelty.com
http://www.notmilk.com http://www.veganoutreach.org
http://www.wfad.org http://www.meatout.com This poem is not meant as
an attack on the millions of sensitive men in the world.. Those who
believe in reincarnation often believe that we switch from one gender
to another, life after life, as we attempt to reach perfect balance
between our own yin and yang
TOMATO VINE
The tomato stake
was proud that
he was stable
.. upright disciplined
and able
.. but it was the
weak spineless tomato vine
who provided
all the food for the table
**********
Course In Miracles: paraphrased.. At a certain point God will ask you
to abandon rigid schedules.. to be more flexible to the calls of
Spirit
Oh Oprah
God will now
make you a perfect size
eight
as God in the past
has clothed you in weight.
Sometimes only those
with extra pounds ringed
can squeeze through the
hearts of the suffering
MOON IN MIDST OF STARS
The harem man was a moon
surrounded by stars..
a moon because constant
preoccupation with the senses
had turned him into
the woman upon whom he focused
.. surrounded by stars.. harem
members
seemingly smaller in stature
but in actuality of much
greater spiritual size and light
PUMPKIN VINE DESCENSIONS
Nightly to heaven
their souls' ascension
To Heart Thrones,
heart queens' accessions
To lower boughs,
laden fruit trees' recessions.
To Earth Hearth
Pumpkin Vines' decensions
Now comes the Spirit
who frees
all women
from pumpkin shells
Now comes the Spirit
who liberates
women from sexist
Cinderelle.
to C Salamone, coiner of the word ecofeminist and builder of a
network of over 15,000 ecofeminists.. also coiner of the phrase human
chauvinism
KWON YIN
She was Kwon Yin,
a divine mother of mercy
.. but when she had to,
she could also be Kwon Yang.
(to Jan F, Jan B, Jan E
JBO and JP)
PEWS AND QUEUES
Women sat sheeplike
listening to men from pews
Women as slaves
for men's orders did queue
.. for the jails of pews
and queues
were our minded p's and q's..
Here and there we began
to gather clues
until from millenial
sleep .. out of the blue
we were awakened
by dawning freedom's
trumpet cue
1000 LIVES
One thousand male arrows
it takes
to make one maid
dandelion seed ball
After 1000 lives
as husband son and brother
God did trust him
with one lifetime as a mother
(and because of that life
he is now the world's
best father)
(to WHO)
. 1000 LIVES
. BEV'S EYES
. BYERS AVENUE
. CINDERELLA PUMPKIN
. EVE RISING
. FELIX HELIX
. FIRE IN THEIR EYES
. FREED FROM FACT
. FULL MOON PITCHER
. GOD'S MAJORITY
. HEAD COVERING
. HOW JESUS' SOUL CAME TO MARY
. INVISIBLE WOMAN
. JEWISH WOMEN'S CAUCUS BOYCOTT OF MOSES
. JILL OUT OF BOX
. KWON YIN
. MOON IN MIDST OF STARS
. MOTHER EARTH GIVES HERSELF AN A
OPRAH
. PEWS AND QUEUES
. PUMPKIN VINE DESCENSIONS
. SUN MOON AND STARS
. TOMATO VINE
. VISION OF MONSTRANCE
. WATER MONUMENT
. WOMEN INHERIT THE EARTH
Oh Oprah
God will now
make you a perfect size
eight
as God in the past
has clothed you in weight.
Sometimes only those
with extra pounds ringed
can squeeze through the
hearts of the suffering
