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SUFFRAGE
Pins and needles, hat box glove
She speaks her language, as she knows how
But give her the right, her finger to stain
A much better balance now sustains
SUFFRAGE © gillena cox 2016


Written for
Midweek Motif ~ Suffrage, the right to vote

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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 2:18 PM

    I especially like the first and third lines.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2016 at 2:45 PM

      Thanks for dropping in piano warm

      Much love...

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  2. Jae RoseJuly 20, 2016 at 2:52 PM

    I love how you have used some of the more traditional tools of womanhood - needles and pins- to illustrate the power of their vote - skilfully and eloquently written

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  3. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2016 at 3:23 PM

    Thank you for your appreciation Jae

    Much love...

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  4. Buddah MoskowitzJuly 20, 2016 at 4:08 PM

    This is wonderful - thanks for sharing this - Moskowitz

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  5. AnonymousJuly 20, 2016 at 9:39 PM

    Nicely done!

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  6. SusanJuly 20, 2016 at 9:40 PM

    Amen! a much better balance. And nothing of her preference need be lost to gain it.

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  7. Gillena CoxJuly 20, 2016 at 10:10 PM

    Thanks for your appreciation Susan

    Much love...

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  8. Sherry Blue SkyJuly 20, 2016 at 10:23 PM

    Thankfully women won the right to vote - a much better balance indeed. I, too, liked the reference to older passtimes like sewing, wearing gloves etc. from my grandma's day.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 21, 2016 at 4:11 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Sherry

      Much love...

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  9. Old EggJuly 20, 2016 at 11:09 PM

    For millennia the role of women was belittled because it was so important. It is amazing that it took so long to recognize the equal partnership and even longer for universal suffrage which is still not yet universally. One day perhaps.

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 21, 2016 at 4:12 AM

      Thank you for your appreciation Robin

      Much love...

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  10. Magical Mystical TeacherJuly 22, 2016 at 9:36 AM

    Poignant!

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  11. PanchaliJuly 22, 2016 at 1:57 PM

    Lovely poem....Yes, elections enabled this change!!

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    1. Gillena CoxJuly 24, 2016 at 10:42 AM

      Thanks for your appreciation Panchali

      Much love...

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  12. JulianJuly 26, 2016 at 3:58 PM

    a pleasure to see the use of time honoured references.

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  13. IntelliblogJuly 27, 2016 at 1:36 AM

    How wonderfully succinctly you sum up the movement of the suffragettes, Gillena. Balance being the magic word!

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