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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
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Rodrigues Avatar
June 19, 2020 at 5:59 PM
Just awful! Their blood cries out.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 20, 2020 at 11:17 AM
Thank you dear ~x
Rodgers Avatar
June 12, 2020 at 4:20 PM
Too true, thanks for reposting And over this year the results of the enquiry have been delayed again, this time by covid.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 17, 2020 at 9:28 PM
Thank you DW. Hopefully the present climate will light a torch under their butt. xomo
Rodrigues Avatar
June 11, 2020 at 5:09 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.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 11, 2020 at 12:16 PM
Thank you Kim. It is so prevalent in my country it has been labeled a genocide. Civilized huh. Grumble grumble. xomo
Johnson-Saunders Avatar
June 9, 2020 at 4:32 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
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 10, 2020 at 7:00 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
Schiavina Avatar
June 9, 2020 at 9:35 AM
Well written tribute to the forgotten!
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 10, 2020 at 6:56 AM
Thank you Frances! ~Maureen
Ball Avatar
June 9, 2020 at 1:52 AM
So sad and in many cases so true. Great write. God Bless. JB
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 9, 2020 at 7:11 AM
Countless women have gone missing in Canada. A quiet genocide. Thank you Judy. Warm hugs, xomo
Krutsinger Avatar
June 8, 2020 at 6:24 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.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 8, 2020 at 2:39 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...
Canerdy Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 8:29 PM
Inequality is still alive and kicking! Janice
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 8:32 PM
It certainly is, and deserving of a good kicking ;), xomo!
Rose  Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 6:20 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
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 5:36 PM
Thank you Pixie, hugs n' love always, xomo
Horsman Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 1:12 AM
Powerful mind and pen, Mo, Injustice throughout this world, for woman, My thinking is religion does not help neither.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 5:38 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
Sparrow Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 11:21 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.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 5:42 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
Lamoureux Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 6:32 PM
Yes, it is a good one to repost. Much appreciated. ;0)
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Thank you <3 <3 <3
Trifiatis Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 2:32 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!
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 8:14 PM
Thank you dear. (you can still call me mo) ;), xomo <3
Faulkner Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 11:31 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)
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 12:45 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
One Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 9:21 AM
Yes very sad what happens.. so many auteocities that are not supported ..
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 11:12 AM
There are plenty of vulnerable women in my own neighbourhood. I see them often, and worry when I don't. xomo
Roper Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 9:33 PM
Such a sad poem, Pigeon.
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 8:26 AM
It is such a sad reality. Thank you for the lovely visit; I hope you are well. xomo
A   Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 6:16 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
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 8:27 AM
You get it. <3 xomo
Lamoureux Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 11:04 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..
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 6, 2020 at 8:30 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
Wolf Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 10:01 PM
Yup. Money and power talk, as usual. Thanks for the reminder. ~ gw
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 5, 2020 at 7:32 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
Leffanta Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 2:09 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
Leffanta Avatar
June 7, 2020 at 2:18 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
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 2:37 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
Allison Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 1:14 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
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 1:24 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
Cunningham Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 8:52 AM
Did they even look? Just can't understand some cultures, they still live in the dark ages. Tom
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 12:54 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.
Theraven Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 8:37 AM
Hello Mo, Justice, just as relevant this year as last. Only thing that changes is the calendar. -Richard
Pigeon Tart Avatar
June 4, 2020 at 12:56 PM
A patriarchy will never shine the light on itself; the problem will always be the hunted, not the hunter. xomo
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