All this week we've been celebrating March as Women's History Month and today as the arrival of International Women's Day over at Escape Into Life. Today there's a sort of Whitman's sampler of lines from poems by 13 women who live all over the world writing poetry. Several live in the USA but have a heritage from elsewhere, and several live elsewhere but came from the USA; it's an amazing array of women writing in English who live in Australia, Mexico, New Mexico, Germany, Norway, Austria, etc.
The fragments of poems make up a sort of collage, and there is collage art by Ashley Blanton, who is cutting and pasting and inking on pages from old books. You can find more of her work at her website, Paper Doll Parts. I love the sweet ironies in all this. And the taste of iron in blood.
And remember to watch movies directed by women this week as well! (This is actually by Etta)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Etta! And Ashley!
ReplyDeleteLovely selection of poems, Kathleen. Fascinating artwork, too.
ReplyDeleteLoved the sampling of lines by women poets and the beautiful, intriguing art. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Molly!
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