The Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed in 1923 and passed through the House of Representatives in 1971 and the Senate in 1972. However, it took until 2020 for 38 of the 50 states to ratify it. On January 17th, 2025 then president Joe Biden declared that the ERA had met the requirements for certification to the Constitution. Today, it still has not been certified and not all 50 states have yet to ratify it.
it takes a long time
for Ents to say anything
governments need more
Somewhere
In our universe
There will always be
Gastropods:
Down-to-ground
Intelligent lifeforms
Who feel
And think
That existence depends
On their
Very smart
Oh, so very smart
Tummies!
Maggots and worms, maybe snails
look forward to them after death
Consider that whenever
you take a deep breath
Strawberry Snails Forever
There once was a strawberry pink snail.
She was sweet from her nose to her tail.
She crossed over the moss.
Never stopping or cross.
Eating bits growing out of the shale.
By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison
a poinsettia
a voracious snail duo
sheer desolation
snail inside his shell
during noisy lightning storm....
escargot
Its ludicrous in wales today, ideology holds the maddest
Sway.' A twenty mile an hour plan, for every motoring
Woman and Man.? And every bus? and taxi too? A lunacy
A type of zoo.' Thats how i view this stupidity, and it can't
Remain..' Twixt you and me' just like a joke, its really bad
Thats plain, which be shared, cause its too sad.' Some scum
That float
Ideas and division, have slashed and torn, the soul and fabric
With savage inscisons.' almost un-human, its nearly there'
Cold as ice, devoid of care, Wales needs more optimisam
Less oppression, more hope; and not such blandness and
Nonsense revision, with inverted tropes' baboons i say could
do no
Worse, than your so called leaders all davos re-vh-ersed.!
Just a bit of fun
Slowly does it nan says
No speeding dad says
But that leaf looks delictable
My god my slim is defectable,
I'm salivating all over the place
It'll take me forever at this pace,
That's it I can't wait super snail speed
Did it in only 3 days flat to this leafy weed
Who says slow and steady always wins the race,
I'm a speed demon, took clive 5 I rest my case!
He was also pretty bereft
That there was only really stalk left.
The snails met in secret
For their parents were political
Arguing about everything
That never matters to anyone at the moment of death
Snails carry home on their back,
Weighed by burden, joy they lack
Never keep tensions in your head
Always be carefree, happy instead
Almighty God who created you
Loves and takes care, it is true
Birds nest of twigs, grass, leaves, light
Withstands winds blowing with might
Always be happy, smile joyously little one
While smiling tensions are reduced to none
10.08.2021
BS1
Someone spotted sixty-seven silvery slimy slippery sluggish snails somehow silently swimming slightly side-ways successfully- Shenanigans
early morning and snails are crossing the sidewalk
there are all sizes and i would guess
age has something to do with size
not all make it across, large and small
young and old
several mashed snails are on the sidewalk
the snails do not move very fast at all
their trails indicate that they are not
crossing in a straight path or line
in fact looking at their trails makes one wonder
why they do not move in a straight line
is it that they are intoxicated or maybe
its a maneuver much the same as ships at sea
use to avoid torpedos
or maybe just possibly they continually forget where
they are going or what they wanted to do
in the first place
when walking i try to avoid stepping on them
but that requires me constantly looking down
and that’s not always possible.
but seeing the snail carnage it gives me
pause as i must assume some make it across
so naturally i must ask “where do escargot?”
Baby snails had a garden race,
old gnome would time their hasty chase,
slow jo, low creep lined up at crease,
both bragged they would win it with ease,
the race started with wave of flag,
three feet from big pot to old bag
“Angels!” he said “can’t wait anymore!”
when the race finished they heard him snore!
1st placement
Written 07/March/2021
Eve Roper sponsored
Nursery rhyme poetry contest
syllables 8 each line and 9 last tow lines!
Crunch
Lettuce is sprouting
In my organic garden
Snails are in rapture
truly wanting to
retire in Ecuador
even as a child i
wanted to visit
the Galapagos
but now to learn
in turn how to do
the tantric moves
almost contorted
for a hundred year
coupling without
struggling in Zen
like happy tortured
souls together in a
giant tortoise mating
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