There's just a few days to go until these incredible speakers will be taking to the stage at Cadogan Hall for our event #WomensWords this Sunday! Book your ticket now before it's too late: bit.ly/46KaHQb

(Image of a drawing of a day flower with women's legs in the center) Daryl Hrdlicka did the gorgeous illustration for Day Lilies in Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems and Art). Day lilies are beautiful but they only live one day (hence the name) and then they are replaced by endless others. I thought they were such a striking analogy for women who are used for their looks or their sexuality in society and various industries. Note: Day Lilies is one of two poems in Flower Girls that I actually wrote before this project and were included in other books. It was also included in Slut Shamed (Inappropriate Feminist Poems). The only other poem in Flower Girls that's from the past is Taraxacum Officinalis (the Latin word for dandelion), a poem I wrote about my mother years ago. That one is in Crazy Broken Thing, my first book in the Poems from the Attic series. Day Lilies Freckled redheads and bone-pale blondes Clustered in natural bouquets Spreading themselves at the sun With slippery skin unfolding to please you Tassels of tonsils tickling your eyes She is a woman made of lips and tongue Of skin made to bloom once With one day of beauty, no time for grace Straining to outshine A hundred others on the vine all for you all for you She curls into herself, tucks her soft face And drops The wind stirs a thousand sleeping ladies Who have had their day And who, after all could mourn one flower? Not even a scent remains ~Alicia Bayer @CrazyBrokenThing on Bluesky and Facebook Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems and Artwork) is available at your local bookseller or Amazon at amzn.to/3CC7fug (afflink) or ask your library to carry it. ** This activity is funded in part with a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts Council made possible by the voters of Minnesota, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Art by Daryl Hrdlicka, from my new poetry book, Flower Girls (Floral Feminist Poems & Artwork), available at your local bookseller or Amazon at amzn.to/3CC7fug (afflink) or ask your library to carry it. #poetry #womenswords #feminist

Image of book cover. gothic test on blue ground 'For thy great pain have mercy on my little pain'

Image of book cover. Skeins. A woman with her hands thrown in the air.

Raced through this fascinating novel by @vickymackenzie.bsky.social then I remembered Within these Walls, my take on the life of a 10th century nun in Skeins anthology. Great to explore those long-ago voices.
#womensvoices
#WOMENSWORDS
#skeins #linenpress

Australian African Foundation for Retention & Opportunity #AAFRO seeking a casual #EducationalSupport Digital Inclusion Teacher to join the #WomensWords program, supporting African mothers and their children in Melb's west.
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Do you know what? You can keep trying to silence the women and hide the truth and cover up your horse s**t but it’s gonna get harder. #wearerising #womenswerk #womenswords women swords or women’s words - you decide! Thanks for the swords this week @MarinaHyde and @maitlis ✨🙌🏾✨