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Open Poetry #45

Suffragette

TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

0 posted 2009-06-30 08:53 AM

Ceramic dogs eternally sit upon the mantle
Lustre prisms dangle in the air
Overstuffed everything with lace pinned on
53 glass birds roost on a table

Victor sits confused
on a fringed stool
playing the piano
bisque babies
covering the top

She wants the right to vote
yet to live
in her feminine world
of velvet curtains and velvet cake

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2009-06-30 09:39 AM

This is great, dear Tina! Can imagine all those things that keep the memory alive of other times, but do not interfere with her emancipated personality.

Love,
Margherita

moonbeam

Member Elite

since 2005-12-24

Posts 2356

2 posted 2009-07-01 04:02 AM

Acutely observed poem Tina.

But yanno, even fluffy emptyheaded femininity should have a say in how we are governed I think. Sometimes not knowing the machinations of politics allows a different and fruitful perspective. Ego, and power and maleness can all too often lead to not being able to see the wood for the trees. You only have to visit the Alley to see that.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

3 posted 2009-07-01 04:14 AM

I am honored to have read these verses and saw this picture.

thanks

yann

TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

4 posted 2009-07-01 07:16 PM

Thank you all so much

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

5 posted 2009-07-02 03:55 PM

Hi Tina, Really enjoyed this, Mt grandmother was a sufferagettE.
Ida

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2009-07-03 12:39 PM

She's from another time, your lady.

This is very descriptive. I can even smell the moth balls. Tina, you are among my favorites. You are a quiet poet but always nail the message.

Love ya,
Alison

TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

7 posted 2009-07-03 03:30 PM

Thanks so much Ida & Ali.

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