A letter to men – Georgiann Carlson

We are the wild ones The ones you fear We are the nightmares That haunt your dreams The ones who threaten Your power We are the free spirits You can not kill No matter how many times you try We know you We know what you’ve done We see your greed We see your hungerContinue reading “A letter to men – Georgiann Carlson”

We Will Not Be Silenced – Lynn White

We found a gap in the wire. Someone had made it, that gaping hole in the wire, hoping to climb through, hoping to head towards the light, to leave the darkness behind, to escape the madness here, hoping, hoping. But the light became too bright. And now it’s blinding us. We can see less thanContinue reading “We Will Not Be Silenced – Lynn White”

We Will Not Be Silenced – Georgiann Carlson

Men believe they can control and silence women through violence and unjust laws but the bodies of dead women continue to  speak to us even when they can no longer form words of protest  even when their hearts are no longer beating even as their blood pools on filthy basement floors they speak this is whatContinue reading “We Will Not Be Silenced – Georgiann Carlson”

4,200 GOOD INDIANS? – Robert G. Wertzler

They are counted so says the news called “Cold Cases” found dead or gone missing all unsolved barely, or not investigated I remember how long ago someone (many?) defined “a good Indian” I wonder how many still agree enough to be unconcerned about these silenced voices ignoring the voices of their kin who are notContinue reading “4,200 GOOD INDIANS? – Robert G. Wertzler”

We Will Not Be Silenced – Patricia Harris

Alt Text: In the world where Being meek is seen As the good thing, Often the ignorant Thinks it means We should be seen And not heard. Our voice is part Of who we are meant to be. We will not be silenced, We will continue to live free. Meekness has its place And inContinue reading “We Will Not Be Silenced – Patricia Harris”