This morning, I listened to
Sojourner Truth’s, “Ain’t I A Woman?" and Jill Scott’s, “Womanifesto.” I would classify both poems as Feminist (and
possibly Womanist) literature. Although
both poems were written in two different time periods, in one way or another,
Truth and Scott reference: physical
strength/sexuality, intellect/politics and God/ and/or Christ. I can appreciate the way each woman spoke
from her particular vantage point.
*Painting by Barry Moser
In my
twenty-four years of living, I have learned that we women possess an innate and kind of immense power. I searched
the annals of my many journals, and in the company of Sojourner Truth, Jill
Scott and many other women writers… I share a glimpse of my power—with you.
manifesto
there
is a man
who
rejoices
at
the notion
that
God
may
be a woman
there
is a man
who
asks a woman
what
she is thinking
before
asking what
she
is wearing
there
is a man
who
does not feel like
her
sex owes
him
something
there
is a man
who
is not made
the
least bit
uncomfortable
by
the length of her
locks nor the
locks nor the
ambit
of her afro
there
is a man
who
knows that
her
shape
does
not
determine
her
feminine
value
there
is a man
who
knows that b-i-t-c-h
never
has been
and
never will be
a
synonym
for
woman
December 2009
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