Friday, March 13, 2020: National Women's Month: Mona Jean Cedar's poem "We Women March"

WE WOMEN MARCH

WE WOMEN MARCHed (PAST)

WE have fought this WAR BEFORE (SAME”Y”)

& we WILL FIGHT & WIN AGAIN

WE who DON’T BELIEVE in

US VS THEM

MIGHT MAKES RIGHT

the MOST TOYS WIN

We do (+) BELIEVE in

TOGETHER is (+) BETTER

LOVE CONQUERS all

GREEDY is (+) EVIL

WE KNOW

ALL PEOPLE are EQUAL

MAN WOMAN & CHILD

ALL WILD ANIMALS

EQUAL

ALL HAVE the RIGHT to LIFE

WE WOMEN MARCHed

As MOTHERS

to TEACH OUR DAUGHTERS

of THEIR HIDDEN POWERS

THEIR SECRET ARMIES

stand WITH THEM ALWAYS

WE WOMEN MARCHed

WITH MEN who COMPREHEND

‘T IS THEIR DUTY to DEFEND

the DIGNITY of ALL WOMEN

She who BIRTHed them LIFE

WE WOMEN MARCHed

Well, more like MEANDERED, MINGLED

FRIENDLY FEELINGs FLOWING FREELY

RELIEVED; NO NEED to DECEIVE

w/FALSE FAÇADE

JOYOUS TO SHINE

IMMERSED IN A SHINING SEA

WE WOMEN MARCHed

to SUPPORT OUR MOTHER EARTH

to CALL for HER PROTECTION (CARE)

this GLOBE OUR BEAUTIFUL HOME

WE WOMEN MARCHed

to SHOW the FEW

OUR MILLIONS

NOT to INSTILL FEAR BUT AWE

KNOW! WE ARE HERE!

And we’re not going anywhere. (LEAVE) (-)

WE WOMEN MARCHed

WE have fought this WAR BEFORE

& we WILL FIGHT & WIN AGAIN

NEVER AGAIN ACQUIESCENT

SILENT SUBSERVIENT 

WE ARE DEFIANT NOW

© 2020 Mona Jean Cedar

Bio: Mona Jean Cedar composes poetry and choreographs with American

Sign Language (ASL).She is an RID certified ASL interpreter, has an AA

in Dance, a BA in Deaf Studies from CSUN, attended The National Theater

of the Deaf, and the Julliard School in NYC for Theatrical Interpreting on

Broadway. With her musician/circuit-bending husband they’ve performed 

at Burning Man, in Europe and the USA.  She’s the resident interpreter for

the National Poetry Slams. She co-founded the ASL Cabaret – a celebration

of ASL performing artists and  is director of Pas d’ASL – a dance company

choreographing with sign languages from around the world.

National Women's Month: Mona Jean Cedar's poem "The Cup"

When the Cup is Full you can’t Pour in anymore.

Ya gotta empty (POUR) your cup

Before you Pour more.

Never Worry; Not Enough

Gotta get a Big-ger Cup

Don’t be Afraid to be Without

Heaven’s got Lots more to pour

this Pouring-out and Pouring-in

it is’ the Change that Must Begin

If Your Time-Cup is Full w/ a Crammed Schedule?

Inflexible, Immutable, impervious to Change

(Set, Impossible, Stay “Y” Same)

How do you Expect to Reform and Refine? (Become Improve)

Don’t even have a Goal in mind…

(Warn) & People are always Steal-ing your Time.

Can you? Yes. Can you? Yes. Can you? Yes, Yes, Yes Yes,

(put xxxx in schedule)

Time’s all gone; there’s nothing left

Gotta Eat, Sleep, (put in schedule)

Wanta Create & Meditate, or

Party (“y” & Drink) TV (Look TV Watch)

Study, Maybe be with Family (Mingle Family)

so Choose; it’s up to you. (Decide Self)

it’s Your Cup; fill it up (pour)

is Your Brain-Cup Full of Worries and Maybes

of Futures un-happened (Late)

and Pasts so long gone (Finish w/ hand slaps)

Guessing, Obsessing, Stressing

(R) Gotta; (L) Hafta; (R)Oughta; (L) Should

Who Says so? (Question Mark)

Mom & Daddy?

Teachers, Lovers always Adding

Their Beliefs into Your Cup…

You’re Old Enough to Know

Don’t be so Gullible xxx (Pour Glup xxxx)

be Responsible

Know what is there and Why

If your Heart-Cup is Full of Complaining & Anger,

of Blaming the Other; Comparing the un-Fair!

Jealousy does not behoove you (Benefit)

that Poison will Hard-en

it’ll Hurt Your own Heart (Block)

& Only You have the Power to Help/(Become) it to Heal

TIME HEART BRAIN

{1}

But They Need Me Insults & Injuries Thoughts From Them

2 3 1

{A}

Chase Compete Stone Cold Combat Stupid Dumb Imbecile

1 2 3

{3}

Strict Toxic Evil Stuck

1 3 2

That’s (Safe) Enough (cut throat) I Am (Hn) Full! (Overwhelmed)

(hands up)

(Pour, Relieve)

Breathe

right ( point here) Now

Perceive; behold the Beauty

Breathe;

right ( point here) Now,

Trust in your Safety

Know - you Need Nothing – just Be ( Mtn. Pose)

It – doesn’t – matter How it got there ( LPour into RCup)

Ya just Gotta get it out (R Pour out)

Might not (-) be Easy, Maybe need some Therapy

Dig deep (Analyse)& be ruthless (Strick)

Honest

Those Old Habits will not Help you;

they’re just holding you back. (noose)

let Loose the noose ; Pour & then Soar! (Leave Develop)

Know, Your Cup is so Precious

Allow in only Forgiveness

Thankfulness, Compassion,

Hope, Joy, and a whole lot of Love

This Is Your Cup, of Your Life’s making, (Pour L into R)

Cheers! Drink up!

© 2017 Mona Jean Cedar

Mona Jean Cedar composes and choreographs spoken word poetry with sign languages. She holds an AA in Dance, an AS in Sign Language Interpreting, a BS in Deaf Studies from CSUN, attended the Julliard School in New York City for Theatrical Interpreting and the National Theater of the Deaf.  For fun, she creates multi-communicative performances with her husband’s original music, has performed at many Burning Man festivals, slammed and interpreted in the National Poetry Slam Finals, interpreted for the Women of the World Slams, and represented the USA at an International Slam in Paris. France.  Ms. Cedar is “poetry in motion”.