PHENOMENAL WOMAN Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me. I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees. Then they swarm around me, A hive of honey bees. I … [Read more...]
SHIRLEE HALL – She
July 16, 2010 by
SHE This feeling of wonder The knowing that fills my consciousness When did She embrace my heart and make me Her own?Bursting with a quiet joy, life renewed I feel young again with dancing feet And Cosmic music in my heart. Where did She come from...this mysterious friend of Knowing? Oh, sweet companion long awaited for. What a joy to realize Your presence! Free and yet not desiring to speak Requires a space of quiet absorption A period of silent laughter before I can give Thee away. Can … [Read more...]
“Tales of Mystery and Imagination” – Edgar Allan Poe
July 9, 2010 by
"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" Edgar Allan Poe (Narration Orson Welles...) For my own part, I have never had a thought Which I could not set down in words With even more distinctness that which I conceived it. There is however a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy Which are not thoughts and to which as yet I have found it absolutely impossible to adapt to language. These fancies arise in the soul, Alas how rarely, only at epochs Of most intense tranquillity When the bodily and … [Read more...]
SMALL is indeed BIG – Meetika Srivastava
May 29, 2010 by
SMALL is indeed BIG Small brooks together make a big RIVER. Small giggles together make a big LAUGHTER. Small mickles together make a big MUCKLE. Small chuckles together make a big CACKLE. Small steps together make STAIRCASE. Small bubbles together make EFFERVESCENCE. Meetika Srivastava … [Read more...]
INTERNATIONAL HUMOROUS DAY – a Tribute to Chapman
April 19, 2010 by
An Humorous Day's Mirth An Humorous Day's Mirth is an Elizabethan era stage play, a comedy by George Chapman, first acted in 1597 and published in 1599. Algernon Charles Swinburne called Chapman's play one of the finest comedies in English. "The plot is intricate and ingenious and shows that Chapman had been taking lessons of Jonson's masters, Plautus and Terence." Performance An Humorous Day's Mirth was performed by the Admiral's Men at the Rose Theatre; it has been identified with the … [Read more...]
APRIL – POETRY
March 20, 2010 by
THEME - APRIL 2010: "The TRUE MEANING of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT" **All Entries can be of any format; any length. GOOD LUCK! THIS THEME HAS BEEN POSTED "LATE", on Purpose, TO INSPIRE "Fresh, new writing......talents" A Celebration of Women will POST to VOTE {2} Poems per Day; for the month of APRIL, voting at the end of each week, then, a Grand Vote at the Month - end. ENTRY: [email protected] … [Read more...]
POETRY CONTEST @ APRIL 2010
March 16, 2010 by
A Celebration of Women offers this reminder... POETRY POSTING in APRIL must be submitted by MARCH 31, 2010. PRIZES......to be announced. SUBMIT TO: [email protected] CALLING ALL POETS! … [Read more...]
