Dear
Friends,
On International Women's Day, a reminder that women's power is timeless.
Rise and shine.
Her eyes tell me: see what
becomes of a woman and her words --
we grow tall, we are bent,
we can be twisted; we go anywhere,
we change our shape. We go everywhere.
We survive. Learn it well.
From: "IN THE BECOMING: Poems on
the Deirdre Story" © Margaret McCarthy
©photograph & text copyright Margaret McCarthy 2023