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I am Woman: 21st Century Gal

by Hendrix 

Posted: 07 April 2003
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The games we once played,
...Seems like many years ago today.
You offered me your hand in matrimony,
I took it graciously;
I asked not a question,
Not even foreseeable was my destination.
I was your wife and object,
Your unequal pacifist.
Today,I do just as I please -
There is absolutely no need to chauffer me.
No husband have I to tame and tie me down.
Nor children to run me ragged and drive me wild.
I petitioned to vote and burned my bra.
I revolutionised an era, I have come oh so very far.
Oh yes, my skirts are short and pencil thin,
Skimming the trim figure I am now comfortable in.
I am woman strong and proud,
I am woman bold...and sometimes wild.
Occassionally puffing on a Marlborought Light.
Leisurely I sip courvoisier and full bodied red wine.
I read the Guardian and listen to the news;
I possess an opinion,
And express my views too.
I budget my bills AND buy my own shoes.
I fancy you ...and (quite a few)other men too.
Not your rival am I hoping to be
Just woman strong and proud
...and defiant too?

Lauren Paige©copyright 4/02/03. All rights reserved






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Account Closed at 15:24 on 09 April 2003  Report this post
Lauren

Your eulogy for separation/divorce? Comes across clear and wonderfully strong. I like it. Wrote my (male?) equivalent a few years ago. Hope you'll get as much pleasure re-reading yours over time, as I do mine.

Enjoy your new life. (Why did I bother saying that? You obviously do!)
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Hendrix at 14:21 on 10 April 2003  Report this post
A comment from a man! Positive. No I am not a radical feminist, but yes I, and I am sure many other women are enjoying the concept of(post?)modernity.

Regards
Lauren Paige

P.s I would love to hear your equivalent.
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Hilary Custance at 12:49 on 11 April 2003  Report this post
Lauren, thanks for sending me a welcome. Your poem must work at an interesting level. I felt very at home with it, a strong sense of belonging and yet, except for a short patch in the middle (from 'children' to 'wild'), I am not the person you describe. Your strength is in making the picture so powerful and attractive that I was happy to inhabit it temporarily, without any desire for it in real life.
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Hendrix at 23:35 on 11 April 2003  Report this post
The permeation of ideology - everything makes sense when dealt with in context. Approached with open-mindedness/honesty and perceived with appropriation.

One must not be half-hearted. By examing contradictory pairs of concepts one is liberated from social (discursive)constructions.

Lauren Paige
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poemsgalore at 18:39 on 14 April 2003  Report this post
Hi Lauren

A very incisive poem, just a couple of words that in my opinion might be better left out, "revolutionised an era, I have come oh so very far.
And yes, my skirts are short and pencil thin," and "And express my views too." I don't think the 'too' is necessary, but that's just me. A very pleasing poem.
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Hendrix at 02:23 on 15 April 2003  Report this post
Perhaps you have a point - on reflection.
Thank you, for your opinion.

Lauren Paige
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Adam at 18:54 on 15 April 2003  Report this post
Lauren,
I liked this poem very much. Despite my phallus! It seems to work on so many different levels - feminist liberation, personal freedom, eulogy to love. It seems both defiant and exhilirating. Well done!
Adam x
p.s. I like the 'oh so very far' - it adds a certain sardonic irony which would be lacking otherwise. I think you could leave out 'too' in 'express my views too', although it perhaps adds an emphatic edge?
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Hendrix at 01:00 on 16 April 2003  Report this post
Thank you Adam, most constructive and open-minded; with regards to creativity and (the concept of)modernity including its many complexities (and contradictions).
I am glad you were able to appreciate the variety of expression - on more than one lvl!

Lauren Paige
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