LJ mini Idol Dreamwidth edition, Week 1: Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, 2018

[eeyore_grrl]

                                             Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, 2018
                                          (for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Dr. Anita Hill)			


one word in front of another
				she speaks
one breath after another
				she breathes

and i thank her for going on when the world is so terrible to women
								our country so terrible to her

we have been sidelined for so much of history
	a side note in the textbooks, a pillar of salt
	wives and mistresses
	virgin sacrifices
	minor characters
	
and here we are
	screaming the names of our rapists
	writing the actions of our abusers
			those who try and fail 
to keep us in the mud
					without realizing that we want the muck to be seen
						we need the secrets to come out
							to pour from our mouths 
						like sudden light in a dark room
							these men flee for cover like cockroaches
						using words and anger as sword and shield

one word in front of another
	you cannot rule in perpetuity
		we are here and we are beyond anger
			we are done with playing the part of lesser
				of being seen as yours to do with as you please
	
one foot in front of the other
	one breath after another
		more women speaking truth to power 
			we will continue forward
			day after day
			night after night
		we won’t give up our voices 	
				    our rights
				    ourselves

you cannot beat us because we keep getting the fuck up
	and we are done with being held down

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And as is my habit, here is a video of the poem being read by me:

"Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, 2018" (Watch on YouTube)

If you would like to vote for this, or any of the other fine submissions, here's that link: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/999752.html

Comments

[cjsmith]

<3 :'(

[eeyore_grrl]

Exactly.

[static_abyss]

I really enjoyed this poem and the structure of it and topic you've chosen to write about really work well together. I like that you added your reading of it because it was cool to see where your reading of it and my reading of it matched up.

Thank you for sharing and I look forward to reading more from you.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thanks. This is my typical style when I am in Idol. Poem, video. :-)

[kehlen.livejournal.com]

Powerful.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you.

[thephantomq]

I don't think anything can quite express my frustration with all of this bullshit but this poem came pretty close.

[eeyore_grrl]

I will take that as high praise. :-)

[rayaso]

I enjoyed this very much, especially the concluding lines.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thanks. It's an angry time.

[tatdatcm]

I've missed your poetry in my absence from LJ Idol the past few years. I was so glad to see your name in the sign-up post.

Perfect expression of the topic! I particularly loved this:
" we are here and we are beyond anger
we are done with playing the part of lesser
of being seen as yours to do with as you please"

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you! I'm glad to have the chance to Idol again; I'm not on LJ either anymore.

Anger is the only thing that makes sense here. It's that or give up into a puddle of goo. And fuck no!

[adoptedwriter]

The emotion in this is awesome.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you. I am so... livid over the situation. And it got worse... he got appointed.

[the_eternal_overthinker]

Excellent! And it's good to see (hear) you again :) looking forward to more <3 Cheers!

[eeyore_grrl]

Yay, I am so glad to be back. I love Idol. :-)

[bellatrixe]

So powerfully done <3

[murielle]

Hey you! You're back! Wonderful! Love your passion in the writing and the speaking.

You're back! Hugs!

[eeyore_grrl]

Thanks so much. (hugs) back. Thanks for remembering me. I look forward to seeing what everyone has to say these days.

[wolfden]

Well done. You did a great job capturing my emotions.

[bewize]

VERY powerful.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you.

[troof_therry]

Bravo. Definitely glad to be seeing your poetry again, and this one is particularly searing and apropos to this moment. Nice work.

[eeyore_grrl]

Not searing enough to change reality. :-(

[megatronix]

Well done. I love the lines about light in the darkness and the men scattering like cockroaches. Hells yes! Great work!

[eeyore_grrl]

I hope they can't outlive a nuclear war like the cockroaches. And I hope that, metaphorical, nuke is coming.

[moretta]

Oh my gosh. Yes. And thank you for the video, for the spoken word, for your passion and anger and biting tone. Exactly.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you so much. And that is exactly why I do the videos with the writing.

[dmousey]

Yep! We are!
I loved that you went there! I deliberately stayed away. This is a powerful piece, speak it sister!
😊✌💙

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you! I tried to go elsewhere and was drawing blanks. My muse decided it was the only option for this topic.

[halfshellvenus]

using words and anger as sword and shield
I loved this line.

Someday, I hope, someday those women's stories will make the difference they should.

[eeyore_grrl]

We need to hold each other up, these days. And raise the children well.

[flipflop_diva]

I wish this was the kind of thing that didn't have to be written, but I'm glad you wrote it.

So very powerful.

[eeyore_grrl]

Thank you. And yeah, I wish I didn't have this "inspiration" of anger going on.