Poets United Midweek Motif ~ A Woman's Day

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"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not 
merely tolerated but valued."

 - Aung Sang Suu Kyi (1945–)

International Women's Day.  *UN WOMEN Photo: UN Women/Fernando Bocanegra  

       

Midweek Motif ~ A Woman's Day

This Sunday, March 8th is International Women's Day.  This year's theme is "Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!”   So let's "Picture It" with empowering images:

In 2015, International Women’s Day, celebrated globally on 8 March, will highlight the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap signed by 189 governments 20 years ago that sets the agenda for realizing women’s rights. While there have been many achievements since then, many serious gaps remain.  - See more HERE.

Your Challenge:  
Let your poem show how a woman is special. 

Choose anyone you want famous or not, living or dead.

 The FifthFact  

By SARAH BROWNING

For Ben’s project he must research five facts

about his African-American hero and write them

on posterboard. He chooses Harriet Tubman,

whose five facts are: Her father’s name was Ben.

Her mother’s name was Old Rit. She was born

in 1820 and died in 1913. She was born in Maryland

and died in New York. Ben asks for advice

about his fifth fact and I suggest: She led more than

300 people to freedom. Ben sighs the way he does

now and says, Everyone knows that, Mom.

. . . . 

(Read the rest HERE at the Poetry Foundation)

Phenomenal Woman

     By MAYA  ANGELOU

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

. . . .   

(Read the rest HERE at Poem Hunter.)

For those who are new to Poets United:  

• Share only original and new work written for this challenge. 
• Post your Women's Day  poem on your site, and then link it here.
• If you use a picture include its link.  
• Please leave a comment here. 
• Visit and comment on our poems.

(Our next Midweek Motif is "A Man's Day")

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