Thursday, November 8, 2012  Poetry Friday: Celebrating Election
Day with Alice Walker - Democratic Womanism  Poetry Friday is
hosted by Ed at Think Kid, Think!  Tuesday was Election Day.  I
thought that this one was extra special (although I say that
every election day, I know!), and not only because I would be
voting alongside my son, who would be voting for the first time,
but because I felt that there was so much at stake.  Especially
in this political climate, I think, for women.  So much of what
I thought was settled policy is now at stake in this election
for women, for myself and for my daughters, and for all American
women.  And then, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there was also
the issue  of climate change and the survival of our planet.  So
we went to the polls, my son and I, and made our choices - we
participated in our democracy.  It was a wonderful moment,
coming out of our poll booths at the same moment,
and acknowledging this participation.  So, for this Poetry
Friday, I have a new poem by Al