The LGBT Poet Laureate shares a poem for International Women’s Day
Women of the world rejoice!
We are celebrated and have a voice.
So let us now ask, loud and clear,
For what we need. Without fear.
Equal pay and opportunities
In every work place, every nation.
‘Cos every woman and every girl,
Deserves that expectation.
We want to have an equal right
To choose with whom we mate.
Respect and happiness are partners,
When choice, you reinstate.
We honour the women of every race
Who fought for justice and choice
Who changed the laws and history’s course,
Whose lives we now rejoice
There are women who have no voice
Who live their lives in fear
Let our voices circumnavigate the globe
Supportive, Courageous and Clear
Find out what LGBT Poet Laureate Trudy Howson is up to at lgbtpoetlaureate.org.uk.
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