feminist poetry

Lyric-Scroll 029 : Half-Hanged Mary by Margaret Atwood: Witch, Woman, Survivor, and the Ultimate Middle Finger to History

A Poem Where Death Pauses, Patriarchy Panics, and a Woman on a Rope Redefines Power ABS Believes:Some poems aren’t written—they’re whispered by the nearly dead.And sometimes survival is the loudest poem of all. Atwood: Chronicler of Wrath in Whispered Monologues Margaret Atwood doesn’t write women. She summons them. Half-Hanged Mary is one such conjuring—a poem […]

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Lyric-Scroll 012 : Still I Rise: Maya Angelou’s Poetic Uppercut to Every Doubter, Downer, and Oppressor in the Room

A Poem That Walks in Rhyme, Laughs in Rebellion, and Stares You Down While Wearing Heels ABS Believes:Some poems whisper empowerment. This one struts it.If dignity were a dance move, Still I Rise would be the encore. Maya Angelou: The Voice That Didn’t Just Speak—She Rose Poet, memoirist, performer, and quiet destroyer of nonsense—Maya Angelou

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Lyric-Scroll 010: Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Most Existential of Them All?

Sylvia Plath’s Silent Psychologist Tells You the Truth You Didn’t Ask For ABS Believes:Sometimes poetry doesn’t speak. It reflects.And sometimes the scariest part of your house isn’t the attic—it’s the bathroom mirror. Welcome to the World of Reflective Horror Sylvia Plath didn’t write poems. She wrote precision instruments. And in Mirror, she gave us a

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Lyric-Scroll 009: The Embroidered Roar: When Feminism Hid in Wool and Still Bit Back

Marriage, Metaphors, and the Art of Looking Fierce in Embroidery ABS Believes:If you can’t roar out loud, stitch your rebellion into fabric.Some women wear strength. Others sew it—and let it outlive them.   Meet Aunt Jennifer: The Quietest Rebel in the Yarn Aisle Adrienne Rich gave us poetry that raged. But Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers doesn’t

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