Posts Tagged ‘ equal rights ’

Women have a right to be safe

I worry about women.  All of us. My sister’s daughters. My friends and their daughters. The little girls in every country of the world.  Someone once said that if anyone looked at the planet from a distance, one of their first questions would be, “Why are you hurting the women?  Is there a war...

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girls from newark

Can’t compete with cats. Don’t know about international contracts, nods and winks of lovers in the game acknowledging lexicons of social ordering. Girls from Newark don’t drink latte; when it comes to forty-two dollar breakfasts come to appreciate morning specials. Girls from Newark have to live with loss.  Change changed for quiet money.  Night...

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No fan of the ma’am

Let me put it this way, I was surprised when I thanked him for not calling me ma’am and he replied, “I’m no fan of the ma’am.”  Do I have to write any more than this? Do the women out there get it?  When did it start for you, were you in your thirties,...

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Katrina’s Rain

Wishing New Orleans a Happy and Healthy Easter  -  Enjoy your 75 degree weather!  Hope you enjoy the poem below written by a community of people wishing to reach out to you all when Hurrrican Katrina hit.  Peace.  Katrina’s Rain What’s in that gumbo that closed the bars, swamped the music and floated Orleans...

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