My poem this week is my response to International Women’s Day tomorrow. Last year I published a short story https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/a-post-for-international-womens-day/ you may have read it? If you can please go to http://song.unwomen.org/ and buy this wonderful song to celebrate women. Thanks to Jo http://jobryantnz.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/international-womens-day-2013/ for sharing it.
In Hope
Cast aside your veil
Turn your face to the sun
Gather round the hearth
Your work today is done
Your sisters draw near
Feet planted to earth
They no longer fear
The lone walk on the trail
Your children breathe free
The mountains clear air
Well nourished with plenty
And wind blown away care
Your abundance is here
Take love in your stride
Future perfect and clear
Go forward with pride
Cast aside your veil
And no longer hide
Lucid Gypsy 
OH how lovely! Perfect words for International Women’s Day, Gilly. Well done 🙂
Beautiful words!
I DO remember your short story honoring last year’s holiday. …I loved it as much as I do this poem!!
Is there anything you CAN’T do with the written word?!
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Oh bless you, you’re too kind 🙂 If only my tutor felt the same . . .
You know Gilly when I listened to that song…One Woman…I cried. Thanks for sharing it around. Have a great day.
Perfect. Very moving. Such short lines and so much expressed. Wonderful, Gilly.
This is amazing… I love the style and flow to the poem.. just rolls off the tongue…
“…Go forward with pride
Cast aside your veil
And no longer hide…”
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Beautiful Gilly!
This is truth…for everyone.
Nicely written..
Bless You
I have visited and read a few of the others you’ve posted. Touching and sad to think these things still happen today. Changes have to happen … awareness is always key. Well written and told here with your words. Hope ….
hi Gilly,
you inspired me to post today again:
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Perfect words for the Day
Very fitting poem for the celebration.
Beautiful words for a difficult life Gilly. Your wishes to a higher power’s ears. Well done. Margie
Beautiful words Gilly. I wish they could come true tomorrow.
I love this, Gilly. Well-written and gripping.
Wonderful words written with such heart.