The Blood of Women by allecto

The day had been in the hands of Dante, and through the sweltering heat the girls had sat, listening to the important dates of mankind in History and partaking of subservience in Homemaking. And now the wind blew humid from the ocean, whipping their hair around their faces as they ran and jumped their way [...]

She is Risen by allecto

This poem is dedicated to Rebecca Mott because she inspired it. You are an Amazon, Rebecca. Don’t you forget it.
She is Risen
Sing to me, siren
Of the night
Let the melodies take you
Distant tunes in the dappled light
The faithless drifting
Whilst I am caught
In a song and her eddies
With the lost and once-owned.
And she rises
Shaken from the seaweed
Riding the cantankerous waves
Of [...]

Ecofeminism by allecto

by allecto

Lot’s Wife by allecto

Lost in salt and sand. An exhumation. Lot’s wife was really a pillar.
I will not go silently. This you have already learnt. I relinquish to no one. When you told me your stories to shape me, they unmade me. They merely taught me how to remake myself. In the most powerful way. Through stories.
You thought [...]

We will not slumber until every woman wakes by allecto

This is dedicated to Heart from Women’s Space because she is a sister. Because she is brave and strong and tireless.
Love and peace to you, Heart. This is for you.
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The world breaks open. Underneath the layers, transcending the past, making the present.
I have seen it written. In the hour of our forced surrender. The world [...]