9/27/2012

Let's Face the Music and Dance

Source: WikiMedia Commons (slightly edited)



too hard to achieve

women’s rights and freedoms won

too precious to lose 



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Written for Haiku Heights - September Heights Day 28: Waltz

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Posted by PattiKen
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26 comments:

  1. ChèvrefeuilleSeptember 27, 2012 at 3:55 PM

    Dancing suffragetes for women's rights. A politic waltz. Nicely done.

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  2. Judith WesterfieldSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:15 PM

    Love it Patti. Super take on the prompt

    BUT . .. . Are you sure it's a waltz. I thought it was a rumble, er I mean rumba . . .

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  3. Brian MillerSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:49 PM

    nice...def a fight worth fighting...for all...

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  4. TigerbriteSeptember 27, 2012 at 4:53 PM

    How brave these women were. An example to us all.

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  5. Sara McNultySeptember 27, 2012 at 6:03 PM

    Excellent poem and drawing!

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  6. BarbaraSeptember 27, 2012 at 6:09 PM

    But....are we there yet? Love your unique take on the prompt!

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  7. ElleceeSeptember 27, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    How unique this is. I really like it. One of the hard fought for victories.

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  8. SusanSeptember 27, 2012 at 7:36 PM

    Wow! Your illustration is so amazing that it takes words away. You emphasize precisely the right stuff: "Too hard to achieve . . . . Too precious to lose." Bravo!

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  9. awalkinmyheartSeptember 27, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    A unique take on the prompt, Patti.

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  10. kaykualaSeptember 27, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    suffragetes waltz

    Right on! This is something for Women's Lib! Nicely Patti!

    Hank

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  11. SelmaSeptember 27, 2012 at 9:23 PM

    We can't lose it...we can't lose it. Those women fought too long and hard for us. Love the sense of activism you present here. You go girl!!!!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    We owe them a lot.
    Rallentanda

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  13. HazelSeptember 27, 2012 at 11:20 PM

    Those brave women. It's only proper and fitting that a waltz is held in their honor.

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  14. DulcinaSeptember 27, 2012 at 11:38 PM

    Very original haiku and image, Patti.
    Do you really think we have won...?
    Now we have to work at home and outside.
    My grandma had more rights and freedom than many "liberated" women nowadays, believe me. She died at 94, had 12 children and enjoyed life a lot.

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  15. odyzzSeptember 28, 2012 at 1:44 AM

    I think the struggle is still on...A woman has to suffer and pay a lot to achieve and enjoy her own rights ...

    any ways a thought provoking take on the prompt

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  16. Amrit SinhaSeptember 28, 2012 at 2:54 AM

    Too precious to lose ... well said !!!

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2012 at 5:57 AM

    ...
    have not, enduring ripples
    yet reached the pond's far margins?
    ...

    yes, you're so right - even where the movement first began I don't think the task is completed

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  18. Reading PleasureSeptember 28, 2012 at 7:15 AM

    A unique and most imaginative take on the prompt. Well done, Patti.

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  19. Magical Mystical TeacherSeptember 28, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    So vote the right way, right? :)

    Wilderness Waltz

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  20. JaniceSeptember 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    A waltz I believe in...

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  21. UnknownSeptember 28, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    Awesome illustration!

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2012 at 10:58 AM

    Very nice take on the prompt, and important message. Thank you

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  23. Karin WibergSeptember 28, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    YAY! Excellent haiku! Love the message--unique spin on the prompt. Thanks!

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  24. JollySeptember 28, 2012 at 11:19 PM

    So true and so well said. The photo is absolutely delightful!

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  25. Grandmother MarySeptember 29, 2012 at 10:42 AM

    And lose it we can, chipped away bit by bit. What are all these men so wrapped up in our business and ignoring theirs?!

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  26. TeresaOctober 1, 2012 at 3:09 PM

    Love it! That's quite the powerful message in just a few words!

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