Netherworld News: Apples and Submissions

The theme for this week's Theme Thursday is apples. We've featured a lot of apples in our poems this month at Poetry of the Netherworld. So, here is a tangerine to shake things up a little.

We like apples and tangerines, and we really like writing poetry. 

The featured letter for Alphabe-Thursday is S. S is the first letter in the word Submissions, so we are pleased to inform you about a place that's looking for your poetry submissions. Head for the Reverie Journal to find out more!

S is also the first letter in the phrase Spread the Word. So, let your readers know about the Reverie's call for Submissions. They're sure to thank you, particularly if they get picked like a choice apple!

I need to stop now, because this is getting very silly. Thank you for your time, and for picking Poetry of the Netherworld as the selection for your reading pleasure.

~Faycin A Croud~

(dodges rotting produce)

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Stop

Thinking that

It's your right

To use women as

Part of your own personal

Decorating scheme; as your arm candy

Stop thinking that it's your right to

Treat women like we are placed on Earth

Only for your personal desires, your very own slave

To be there when you want us and gone when

You tire of us; we are only here for your whims

Stop thinking that it's your right to believe that women are lesser

That our first duty is to be pleasing to your eye

That we are less intelligent, that our aspirations mean less

That we are in the world to serve men

That we should look as you tell us

That we should act as you dictate

If you say jump, we should say

How high do you wish?

That we should serve

On our knees

No more

Stop

~Faycin A Croud~

Faycin is a 53 year old everyday woman--a worker, a mother, a human being--who is fed up with sexism.

Written for The Reverie Poetry Journal

Poetry of The Netherworld

and

Women everywhere