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Feminist poets

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newyearnewname123 · 08/04/2021 21:20

I would love to hear some recommendations. In normal times I go to quite a lot of spoken word events.

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WagnersFourthSymphony · 10/05/2021 11:45

More Saphra: I knew I had this poem somewhere. The lack of punctuation here isn't typical of her work but it is effective in this one.

you do not have to be wise you do not have to be kind
you do not have to be right you do not have to be good

& that revelation is like a cold shower after
you’ve been stuck in the pot for years boiling
your loveable self to death until you notice
there’s a ladder for climbing out & out you climb
& turn the taps to full the kind of cold shower
that causes you to dance & yell wet & reckless
until you are cleansed & nude & proud
& Neanderthal touched by the twin deities
of Hell & No the kind of shower you can share
with all your sisters of the pot the kind of shower
that sends you roaring into the day where you can say
No More No Way you can say No you can say
No No No Hell No

  • Jacqueline Saphra
ArabellaScott · 11/04/2021 09:53

Cheers, Wagners. Saphra's work looks interesting.

WagnersFourthSymphony · 10/04/2021 23:39

Jacqueline Saphra is brilliant. Check out Dad, Remember You Are Dead.
Dad, Remember You Are Dead

Veritas: Poems After Artemisia

All My Mad Mothers

GNCQ · 10/04/2021 19:37

Umm... Isn't this thread going to get deleted soon?

DaisyWaldron · 10/04/2021 18:59

Yes to Kate Tempest. And for poetry to read rather than watch, I'd recommend Audre Lorde.

MaudTheInvincible · 10/04/2021 14:51

@SirVixofVixHall

poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/girls-are-coming-out-of-the-woods/ Suzanne Moore tweeted this poem recently.

Loved this. While I was angered at the causes of it, I found it very beautiful and stirring.

ArabellaScott · 10/04/2021 14:30

I just found my poster from 'A Radical Notion' that is that very Iris Child poem!

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 10/04/2021 12:56

How could I have forgotten Irischild?

MsMcWibble · 10/04/2021 12:48

Love Aja's poem.
This one by Irischild is an absolute classic.
'Menstruator and other words that rhyme with hate her'
irischild.blogspot.com/2018/03/menstruator-and-other-words-that-rhyme.html?m=1

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 10/04/2021 10:42

@Ereshkigalangcleg

Aja is fab. I hope she writes more.

If you visit her on Twitter she posted another amazing poem late last year.

A friend commented that Aja reminds her a bit of Magdalen Berns. I can definitely see that.
Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/04/2021 09:14

Aja is fab. I hope she writes more.

If you visit her on Twitter she posted another amazing poem late last year.

NonnyMouse1337 · 10/04/2021 04:23

Cowbells that poem really comes to life by Maya Angelou. Thanks for sharing.

Aja's poem was amazing. Wonderfully direct and unapologetic. ❤️

ArabellaScott · 09/04/2021 22:38

That Tishani Doshi poem is phenomenal. Thanks, SirVix.

SirVixofVixHall · 09/04/2021 22:33

poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/girls-are-coming-out-of-the-woods/
Suzanne Moore tweeted this poem recently.

MenopausalCrone · 09/04/2021 22:29

This always gives me chills (and thrills)

HermitsLife · 09/04/2021 21:35

Thanks for this great thread, I'm not usually interested in poetry but some of these seem really interesting and I always have time for Maya Angelou.

I will give them a listen tomorrow.

ArabellaScott · 09/04/2021 21:29

Aja is fab. I hope she writes more.

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 09/04/2021 21:17

Aja utterly rocks.

NRCS · 09/04/2021 21:16

I loved Aja's poem. really sums up how I feel now after years of TRA abuse and c and t slurs. Such a shame as originally I was completely on board with the be kind to old school transexuals thing. Great to see.

ArabellaScott · 09/04/2021 21:13

This is powerful. 'I think she was a she' by Leyla Josephine.

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WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo · 09/04/2021 20:48

Another vote for Aja. I can't stop watching it.

Shizuku · 09/04/2021 20:44

@loveyouradvice

Aja's poem so strong and deeply moving - worth just two minutes of your life - do find on twitter above.
Give it a miss - two tedious minutes of grotesque transphobia, in which she associates trans women with sexual predators and abusers (yawn), then goes on to mock trans women for their appearance (hardly feminist is it - mocking people based on their appearance?)

If you want to hear some really powerful, truly feminist poetry, try Kae Tempest - one of the greatest poets of their generation, here reciting the profound story of a woman who stands up against a sexual assault.

CAUTION, THIS POEM CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE:

ArabellaScott · 09/04/2021 17:23

Oh, fab, IDontOnly. Loved her kids' book 'a patch of black', too.

Errol, I'll be there if you start one!

Cowbells · 09/04/2021 17:22

[quote OhDear2200]@Cowbells wow! Fabulous[/quote]
Isn't she magnificent?

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