Metoo Poems

we are taught to be complicit in our own dehumanization

i was good,
though i was born with mens eyes
crawling on my skin like ants, 
following me through the grocery store. 
i was good, i was 5 the first time 
i was told to close my legs, 
sitting on the couch the same 
way as my brothers, 
told not to "distract" my brothers, 
it wasn't ladylike
to

Categories: metoo, dark, for her, for
Form: Free verse

Lot's Wife

Her name is not given in the Bible
which is perhaps fitting as she was chattel
and Lot named not his goats, sheep or cattle,
although it was rumored that he named his dog.
Besides, it was raining when she turned looking
back on Sodom and was turned to salt, which
all too soon, was one with the earth.

Categories: metoo, bible,
Form: Free verse

Caw Shun

Though rape may happen to a few
That's not what we hear from #MeToo
Whether known or stranger
There's always a danger
For Nature decreed rams mate EWE!

Categories: metoo, relationship,
Form: Limerick

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Deluge

#MeToo staff are climbing the walls
Their switchboard is flooded with calls
'Tis a stalwart crew
But what can they do
When sporting equipment has balls?

Categories: metoo, relationship,
Form: Limerick

Hashtag Metoo

I didn’t want 
 To see your breast
I didn’t like
 Being your pole
Even if 
 You had an itch
I didn’t want
 To scratch you
Some how you
 Can flash your flesh
If is okay
 On me to rub
And tight clothes
 That shows it all
That some how
 Is just alright
Women do
 Have it right
Men really are
 Ugly beasts
But

Categories: metoo, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Big Island Shakedown

The volcano Kilauea
Was bursting its seams to Waimea
Donald Trump came across
Shouting, "I am da boss!
Drop yer drawers and my lawyers will pay yuh!"

Categories: metoo, abuse, betrayal, bullying, celebrity,
Form: Limerick

Business As Usual

Our boss employed a receptionist
Whose beauty we could not compare
Double D cups woke up the knights
As pheromones surged through the air

Her chair is usually empty
Excepting this handwritten note:
"I have just stepped out for the male"
Exactly as written I quote

Categories: metoo, culture, humanity, humor, lust,
Form: Verse

Metoo

#MeToo, #MeToo, #MeToo
Was all that we could do
We thought we were too few
To buck a big wheel's screw

Leaders like Donald Trump
Perceived us as a rump
That they could grope and hump
And just as quickly dump!

Now we  know harassment
Is just another a crime
Crying out for justice
Through the cover of time. . .

Categories: metoo, abuse, betrayal, bullying, leadership,
Form: Verse

Metoo

We sit here
In our neat little rows,
Typing away,
Checking our phones.
You chatter away
About weekend plans
The holidays
And everything grand.
I try to join in
But the words disappear
I get choked at the thought
Of holiday cheer.
What you don’t see
When we look in the eye
Is the fear that tonight
Is the night I will die.
You don’t see the tears
Or the way that

Categories: metoo, betrayal, courage, gender, love
Form: Free verse