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Repost - Low Hanging Fruit - One Year Later Still Waiting

The Enquiry Is over They did not find the missing and murdered whatever they were looking for But every woman knows Why There are so many missing and murdered Aboriginal women As every woman knows Why There will never be an Enquiry into the men who murder women June 5th, 2019

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/19/2020 5:59:00 PM

Just awful! Their blood cries out.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/20/2020 11:17:00 AM

Thank you dear ~x

D.W. Rodgers

Date: 6/12/2020 4:20:00 PM

Too true, thanks for reposting And over this year the results of the enquiry have been delayed again, this time by covid.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/17/2020 9:28:00 PM

Thank you DW. Hopefully the present climate will light a torch under their butt. xomo

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/11/2020 5:09:00 AM

I remember this one! God know exactly where their bodies are and who the murderers are. Wow, sobering and heinous...so many awful things happen! I also think about kidnapped teens. Shaking my head. Love ya, Mo. I think to remember the missing Is so important.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/11/2020 12:16:00 PM

Thank you Kim. It is so prevalent in my country it has been labeled a genocide. Civilized huh. Grumble grumble. xomo

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 6/9/2020 4:32:00 PM

Thank you for reposting this powerful poem, mo. Sadly inequality in life follows people to their deaths. Until a majority speaks out, nothing will change. Love and blessings, Rhonda xx

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 7:00:00 AM

Thank you Rhonda! Hopefully, with people marching across this nation, speaking out about the systemic racism endured by our First Nations and black citizens, true change will come. xomo

Frances Schiavina

Date: 6/9/2020 9:35:00 AM

Well written tribute to the forgotten!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/10/2020 6:56:00 AM

Thank you Frances! ~Maureen

Judy Ball

Date: 6/9/2020 1:52:00 AM

So sad and in many cases so true. Great write. God Bless. JB

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/9/2020 7:11:00 AM

Countless women have gone missing in Canada. A quiet genocide. Thank you Judy. Warm hugs, xomo

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/8/2020 6:24:00 AM

Inequality sprang into full force in America when the women began shouting down the Equal Rights for Women amendment. It is crazy but we have lost more ground than we have gained since the 60's. It is not the age of the women yet. But it is my hope it will be some day. Your poem makes vast amounts of sense in my world.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/8/2020 2:39:00 PM

Thank you dear. Religion and politics are sadly for the most part men's domain, and for the most part they want to keep it that way; forever fearing what they cannot control, and control they must. Just ask Eve...

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/7/2020 8:29:00 PM

Inequality is still alive and kicking! Janice

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2020 8:32:00 PM

It certainly is, and deserving of a good kicking ;), xomo!

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 6/7/2020 6:20:00 AM

I agree there are many. Still a mans world out there, for those who feel they are entitled just because they were born in the right gene, hah, soul smart aboriginal still got the strength of their ancestry, so I pray one day we find the strength to right the wrongs, if it ever happens, Love your poem by the way xo

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2020 5:36:00 PM

Thank you Pixie, hugs n' love always, xomo

Harry Horsman

Date: 6/7/2020 1:12:00 AM

Powerful mind and pen, Mo, Injustice throughout this world, for woman, My thinking is religion does not help neither.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2020 5:38:00 PM

Thank you so much Harry. You don't want to get me started on that one ;), it certainly has crept into my poetry though. Warm hugs, stay safe. xomo

Katharine L. Sparrow

Date: 6/6/2020 11:21:00 PM

So sad and at the same time infuriating! Your sense of injustice is real here, and I love the spacing with the "WHY"s emphasized in that manner. Well done.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2020 5:42:00 PM

Thank you so much Caroline. I am hoping today's discussions lead to real change, the systemic racism within the police construct plays a huge part in this crisis as well. All that aside, warm hugs! ;), xomo

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 6/6/2020 6:32:00 PM

Yes, it is a good one to repost. Much appreciated. ;0)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:15:00 PM

Thank you <3 <3 <3

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 6/6/2020 2:32:00 PM

Horrifying acts of violence against innocent women that leaves mankind wondering why things like that happen without justice to be served. Excellent writing dearest P.T. Blessings my friend!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:14:00 PM

Thank you dear. (you can still call me mo) ;), xomo <3

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/6/2020 11:31:00 AM

I think I remember reading this, it is so sadly true that many crimes are not brought to justice- (and yes, every woman knows why)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 12:45:00 PM

I really don't know how much news about it reaches outside of Canada. The description that sticks with me is that of a slow moving genocide. Thank you, hugs. xomo

Silent One

Date: 6/6/2020 9:21:00 AM

Yes very sad what happens.. so many auteocities that are not supported ..

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 11:12:00 AM

There are plenty of vulnerable women in my own neighbourhood. I see them often, and worry when I don't. xomo

Eve Roper

Date: 6/5/2020 9:33:00 PM

Such a sad poem, Pigeon.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:26:00 AM

It is such a sad reality. Thank you for the lovely visit; I hope you are well. xomo

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/5/2020 6:16:00 PM

Oh my, I senses much will be hidden until further notice. How they get away with it, will always be a puzzle to some. However, most know... Enjoyed... Linda

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:27:00 AM

You get it. <3 xomo

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 6/5/2020 11:04:00 AM

This is sad Maureen. It is good to keep reminding people of injustices until the world takes time to listen. I wrote a piece titled “Shattering Rose Coloured Glasses” a while ago for an Art Exhibit at The University of British Columbia. It dealt with white privilege and the injustices that are the foundation of our current system..

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2020 8:30:00 AM

Powerful and touching pen, thank you for leading me to it. The anniversary came up on the news, I thought this worth a repost, especially with the recent RCMP atrocities hitting the news with everything else these days. Hugs, xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/4/2020 10:01:00 PM

Yup. Money and power talk, as usual. Thanks for the reminder. ~ gw

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/5/2020 7:32:00 AM

The conversation at least is forefront. I am blessed to live in richly diverse neighbourhood, plenty of immigrants and indigenous, mixed French & English, mixed economic status, people smile and say hello. Around the corner from the Islamic school and the bikers church and the native community centre. xomo

Rico Leffanta

Date: 6/4/2020 2:09:00 PM

Ah, well it is holy men who preach silence is golden, isn't it? what did you expect from a world where brothers murder their sister for their family honour? One of my Mayflower ancestors was publicly flogged for choosing life rather than death upon being sodomised by a church member who was only denied church service! That is 400-years without justice! Aloha! Rico

Rico Leffanta
Date: 6/7/2020 2:18:00 PM

You may wish to purchase the June 2020 edition of National Geographic for updated information (the cover features WWII, but after that, the current status of women in this world). Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 2:37:00 PM

To quote myself, in an early post, old poem (why) "the first thing he did was kill tht goddess b*tch". Sigh. Yup, I firmly believe we are quarantined from the rest of the universe, for their safety. RSD on this pancake we call Earth. xomo

Jan Allison

Date: 6/4/2020 1:14:00 PM

shame nothing has changed in the year since you first posted Mo - all power to your pen for keeping this subject in the public arena:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 1:24:00 PM

Thank you dear. None of the recommendations put forward by the commission have been acted upon a year after the Enquiry 'completed'. Of course, you may tell from my rendering that the enquiry itself was just throwing money at the problem to save face. Social inequity is what makes them vulnerable. I want to know who & why these men "are". xomo

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/4/2020 8:52:00 AM

Did they even look? Just can't understand some cultures, they still live in the dark ages. Tom

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 12:54:00 PM

I disagree. Rich cultures whose dark age came when the Americas were settled by Imperialists. Of course they looked; all up and down "The Highway of Tears". These women are hunted by white men still to this day.

Quoth Theraven

Date: 6/4/2020 8:37:00 AM

Hello Mo, Justice, just as relevant this year as last. Only thing that changes is the calendar. -Richard

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/4/2020 12:56:00 PM

A patriarchy will never shine the light on itself; the problem will always be the hunted, not the hunter. xomo