Daughter of the flower
With grace and style and power
With eyes so blue
And words so true
A woman of the hour
Woman of the moment
So strong, so very potent
She takes a stand
And takes command
She can begin a movement
Lady of the future
A dream, a life, a fixture
Won't hold her back
She might attack
If any should abuse her
Lady of the hour
Do not deny her power
None can subdue
Or Misconstrue
This daughter of the flower
A contest entry
- Catch My Eye Or Lose It All (Quickie) by WarmHeartedGeisha.
360 points, ended November 5, 2007, 6 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - CONTEST CLOSED. by SEA angel.
500 points, ended December 7, 2008, 3 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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Simplistic but elegant...
...language used in this piece. Masterful structure and rhyme, with the last line surmising the entirety. -
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Hi Onaya!
Surprised to see you at my Allpoetry page. Not a lot happens here anymore. I'm not terribly active here. I just check for messages, most the time.
I began at Allpoetry posting lyrics and writing poems and lyrics, but I began writing stories. I enjoyed writing stories and wrote more and more of them. When Storywrite was separated from Allpoetry, I followed it. As a result I spent less time at Allpoetry until now I just drop in for messages.
Since Allpoetry has the feature to add videos now, I may upgrade to gold and begin posting my songs here.
One person who recently read this poem thought that it was written for Governor Palin, but actually the character is entirely fictional.
I'm glad you like this poem.
Andy
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Excellent
Women will not ever be submissive again in this country. The women in goverment, education, medicine and on down the line have a good foot hold on success. Men may not approve of the women whodo so well but their time is up to be head master,they made a big enough mess of things when every thing went their way. Now it is our turn.
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Hi Neve!
I'd like to agree with you, but in politics, I feel that women are still not taking an active enough role.
Oddly, though more women vote and participate in political campaigns, not many try for political office. Further, women often choose male candidates over female. In politics, woman are definitely not exercising their potential clout.
Andy
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Love this poem. Your words and how you used them was quite captivating in the sense that it had me charmed. I really love that picture! A fortune teller with a bit of mystic power, i am sure. Wonderful stuff.
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Hi Condor!
Thanks very much for the points. I'm very pleased you like this poem.
I really chose the picture because I thought it was pretty. I hadn't thought that she might be a fortune teller
. That's probably what she's supposed to be, though. She really does suggest mystic power.
Andy
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Very Good
Do you describe Sarah Palin?
Sounds like her at first glance.
With her unveiling everyone is hailing,
But how did you know in advance?!
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Thanks Ellis
Thanks for checking out some of my poems.
I don't write poems any more. I've switched to short stories and novels.
I don't know anything about Sarah Palin except that she is McCain's running mate. I'm hoping that McCain will lose, I don't want another Republican administration this time. A continuation of Bush's policies I think would be very harmful.
That this poem seems like it could be refering to Sarah Palin is simply coincidence. It was written about the picture.
Andy
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HOORAY
Thanks for showing us how your poetic garden has grown... Your writing has sprung back into glory and blossomed into a spring flower. Your writing has found freedom to flow through your thoughts and fingers onto the page and into the hearts of the readers of your words. This is an inspirational piece in many ways that has been added to your poetic garden of poems like a new bud of promise your creative garden will continue to bud and grow.
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a winner of a woman...
...it is good to read of a person wth the tenacity to fight for herself as you have portrayed here.
I like the form and the musical repetition of the idea. It develops through the poem with its rhyme and its rhythm.
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Thanks
I'm very pleased that you like this poem. It was fun to write. Thanks for reading, commenting, and all the applause. I appreciate it.
Andy
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U have done a good job keeping me from deleting ur write, the reason y is I watched a movie last night that tugged at my heart, and when I read ur write, it reminded me how I felt lastnight. And I love that picture uptop, its very beautiful.
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Thanks
I'm very glad that you like my poem and didn't delete it from your contest. Thanks for hosting this contest and for reading and commenting. I appreciate it. I hope you have many good entries and much fun.
Andy
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Very well rhymed and tells a nice story of the power that could be miscontrued if not treated well. I like the daughter of the flower and her hour of power.
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Well, her power is not limited to an hour.
I didn't mean it that way. I meant that her time is now; the time for her to act. I wrote it at the inspiration of the picture in the contest, although it was not a picture contest. I just like the picture and went with it. I'm glad you like this poem.
How are you doing these days?
Andy
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