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Detail from a mural, Ajo, Arizona
 


Woman, why are you
always doing holy work
on your hands and knees?

 
Haiku and photo © 2017 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
 
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Posted on April 18, 2017, in 5-7-5, Ajo, Arizona, Midweek Motif, Poets United, Ruby Tuesday Too and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

  2. artmusedog | April 18, 2017 at 11:04 am

    Lovely mural for Ruby Tuesday Too ~ thanks,

    Wishing you a peaceful week ~ ^_^

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  4. Sumana Roy | April 19, 2017 at 7:00 am

    that’s how she’s made 🙂

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  5. Susan Chast | April 19, 2017 at 8:25 am

    The truth of this poem through the ages prompted me to go find the mural–what a place! Have you been there? While I want women to stand up tall, I am also grateful for all the work on their knees that has helped us survive physically and spiritually. I am grateful for the love of animals, for the art, for the lessons. Your poem is brief, and I see from the comments that it can be read many ways, but I read it as a painful shout out into the world from a silence that has not yet been expressed. Why not stand in your full POWER!?!

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  6. Beverly Crawford | April 19, 2017 at 4:30 pm

    Woman, why do you not stand?

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  7. oldegg | April 19, 2017 at 8:44 pm

    Nothing is more spiritual that to offer your services to God whether on your knees praying or on your knees working for for the good of others.

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  8. Rosemary Nissen-Wade | April 20, 2017 at 2:59 am

    Religious institutions are no strangers to patriarchy. It would be different if the men were getting down on their knees and working alongside.

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