feminist
Poem: Headstone
Poem: Taste Of You
Poem: Diana Yasmeen Schärer
I purchased a beautiful typewriter on the weekend to assist me with my stream of consciousness poetry and this was my first attempt.
It was written for my friend Diana Yasmeen Schärer so it has that title.
Poem: I AM
What Inspires Me: Fran Lebowitz
Fran is someone who inspired me to speak my truth when I write and not be apologetic for it.
These were three of her quotes which resonated with me that night:
“The reason I read so much is because it’s better than life.”
“I write so slowly I could write with my own blood and I wouldn’t hurt myself.”
“You can’t teach writing –
It’s like teaching people to be tall.”
It’s like teaching people to be tall.”
Fran Lebowitz – 2nd of March 2018, Melbourne Australia
Poem: A Chance To Shine
I wish
I could go back
In time
Appreciate you
Know you
Be you
Faultless lunacy
Yet upstanding
Source of radiance
Silver Goddess
Your shine has dulled
Your twinkle has gone
Your spark rays dismantled
Light captured
Shared
Eternally emblazoned
Memoriam aglow
© T. Altman 2017
Don’t
Something I wrote in light of current events…
© T. Altman 2017
Don’t Tell Me
Don’t Tell Me
Don’t tell me what I can or cunt do
Don’t try to censor me with your personal bias
I am not your mouth piece and never claimed it
I don’t crave your acceptance or require it
Try stifling my speech and see what a territorial bitch I can be
Try throwing archaic values you’ve placed upon locution I feel empowered by
Sisters in solidarity is what we should be
Instead the use of one term divides us
Disagree with me and shame me down
Shame on you for censoring my language
I reclaim the noun – the verb – the word
I use it proud and loud
For I am the CUNT who takes it back and brings it to the fore
For I am the CUNT who refuses to bend to your fickle contempt
For CUNTS everywhere –
I seize and celebrate whilst waving your policing views adieu
(C) T. Altman 2017
What Inspires Me: Gloria Steinem
I went and saw Gloria Steinem speak last month about her autobiographical new book “My Life on the Road” and she was phenomenally inspirational!
Gloria is someone I aspire to live my life like (speaking up and living her life according to her own rules) and these were some of her quotes which resonated with me that night:
“WE are the women our parents warned us about.”
“Not everyone has to live the same way. Imagine that.”
“We are not crazy. The system is crazy.”
“Racism and sexism might both be supremacist crimes, because you get nothing out of it but dominance.”
“The single greatest failing of feminism is that we’ve been too nice.”
Gloria Steinem – May 16th 2016, Melbourne Australia
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