Happy Haiku Friday!
Change and Mind are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes.
Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Maya Angelou is a poet that I greatly admire. She wasn’t perfect. Her life wasn’t perfect, but she was a strong woman and she rose from impossible circumstances to become an epic role model to all women. Her words are empowering, beautiful, and touching.
“I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.”
~Maya Angelou.
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In All Ways A Woman – A Poem by Maya Angelou (Poem Hunter)
In my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle as luck, as aloof as an ocean, and as frivolous as nature. The phrase ‘A woman always has the right to change her mind’ played so aptly into the negative image of the female that I made myself a victim to an unwavering decision. Even if I made an inane and stupid choice, I stuck by it rather than ‘be like a woman and change my mind.’
Being a woman is hard work. Not without joy and even ecstasy, but still relentless, unending work. Becoming an old female may require only being born with certain genitalia, inheriting long-living genes and the fortune not to be run over by an out-of-control truck, but to become and remain a woman command the existence and employment of genius. Read on . . .
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My poem today was inspired by her . . .
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Amazing women
Live with many thoughts
Like the play of moons and suns
Will certainly change the tides
A woman will change her mind
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Great poem, Vashti. I agree! 🙂
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Thank you Al. I knew you would. 😉
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Yes we will, may and can change our minds. I enjoyed reading the words of Maya Angelou and your powerful response.
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Thank you Janice. I’m happy you enjoyed Maya’s poem and the post. 🙂
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Makes the honor of being a woman, even more humbling… Much love and many thanks, woman!! ❤
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That’s a lovely thing to say, my friend. Thank you. ❤ xx
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The poem is lovely,Vashti! I like the interpretation and agree so much with it. I have finally joined you in the challenge, but not sure if my haiku meets the requirements. Have a look and let me know @ writer-way.blogspot.com
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Hi Michelle! Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the poem. I’m also happy you finally decided to join us. You’re such a talented poet I’m sure you did great. I’ll go check it out though. 🙂
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Love Maya’s voice of encouragement for women to be women and not succumb to (male) society’s negative influence. Strong, women voices will certainly change the tides. Wonderful poem, Vashti. ❤
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It’s one of the things I love about her. Thank you Olga. ❤ xx
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Love your poem inspired by Angelou’s wonderful piece; we should all strive to be warriors armed with wit and courage.
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I’m happy you enjoyed it. You’re right, we all should. I certainly try. 🙂
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Two beautiful poems Vashti with the same powerful message, many, many more women for politics I say.
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Hello Denis. Thank you. Ha, ha! I have to agree that the right woman in office would make miracles happen. 😉
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Good post. Have a wonderfful Sunday.
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Thank you. You have a wonderful week. 🙂
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Thanks
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loved it! have a great week!
love.
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Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed the post. 😀
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it is beautiful!
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Many, many, many thoughts. Sometimes this woman has too many juggling in my head.
XOXO
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Yeah, I think that’s a woman thing. 😉 xx
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Maya read my mind – because I could not be MORE GRATEFUL!
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Me too! That’s a heartfelt quote. 🙂
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This may be one of your best! 🙂
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
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Aw, thank you Jess! It’s great that the post touched you. I’ll pass by your FB page. Thanks again! ❤ xx
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Great poem Vashti. It’s definitely a woman’s prerogative to change her mind. 🙂 ❤
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Absolutely! Thank you Debby. ❤ xx
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🙂 ❤
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Hi Vashti, Maya Angelou certainly had a way with words, your poem so true Vashti it is our prerogative as woman to change our minds, thank you Vashti X X X
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She was a genius with words. Thank you, my friend! ❤ xx
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