Women of the Happy Island (extract) - by
(The series of 47 soliloquies is about the women left behind on the
/ Isle of Barra during the Second World…
women
Hard Working Women - by
Hold on Women of great courage
/ You have held on so bravely and tirelessly
/ Hold on Women of great courage, hold on
/
/ Women…
Tagalakoy - by
Elle vient de si loin
/ Tagalakoy
/ Elle marche pieds nus
/ Tagalakoy
/ Elle défie la chaleur
/ Tagalakoy
/ Elle vient de si loin
/ Elle défie la faim
/ Tagalakoy
/
/ Tagalakoy ! Tagalakoy…
Bushwoman stands here . . . - by
Bushwoman stands here
/ Night hangs over her
/ Stars stab it
/
/ Hunter-stars
/ that rip night
/ take his heart
/
/ Bushwoman sings here
/ Night hangs over her
/ The land lies still
/
/ Hunter-stars
/ that…
Miss World: Beauty Contest - by
Their gowns fold and flatten like water
/ on their consummate columns as they go,
/ the paragons and apples of their race.
/ Their nacreous…
Thank You for Being a Woman - by
Thank you for being a woman
/ For having been born
/ To know the pain of childbirth;
/ For having nursed my mother’s breast
/ To know…
Kõige Ilvem Maa - by
Ülemöödunud aastasajal panid hundid siin
/ igal aastal nahka kaks tuhat viissada inimest.
/
/ Naisedki kandsid vöö vahel väikesi kirveid.
/ Nad alid niisama täpsed kirveloopijad
/ kui…
Streams - by
When we went to the grammar school
/ the teacher said,
/ ‘You A-stream girls
/ will go out in the world
/ and be doctors and lawyers.
/ You…
the imperative commands - by
[extract]
/ commands and imperatives from 24hrs of adverts
/
/ it’s easy to say yes
/ say no
/ to conformity
/ there’s no need
/ to feel blue
/
/ explore the world
/ with…
in hospital - by
I like seeing nurse frieda knitting
/ as I like watching my wife knitting
/ as I liked watching my mother knitting
/ though she was…
The Queen of Sheba - by
an extract
/
/ she wants to strip the willow
/ she desires the keys
/ …
The Garmont of Gud Ladeis - by
Wald my gud lady lufe me best
/ And wirk eftir my will,
/ I suld ane garmond gudliest
/ Gar mak hir body till.
/
/ Of he…