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- Dasiy's Critique of Sexist Language
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Click hereDaisy's Critique of Sexist Language in Shakespeare
Quotation from King Lear Act 4 Scene 6.
Father taught us Hamlet in the cowshed,
we suspect he taught the cows when we weren't there.
Milking cows prefer the tragics,
scotch play, the Moor, the magic
of any line of Mr Shakespeare
can soothe the bovine ruminator,
but we found they drew the line at mad King Lear.
"Down from the waist they are centaurs,
Though women all above;
To the girdle do the gods inherit,
Beneath is all the fiends;
There's hell there's darkness there's the sulphurous pit"-
Father's cryptic declamation just confused us,
young-teenage boys, we didn't understand.
"Never mind" he said, "don't bother
and best not tell your mother,
for females don't appreciate the critics of their kind".
Daisy turned her head reproachful towards Father,
lashed out swiftly, kicked him hard in his behind.
She then took a lowed applause from her sisters in the stalls.
This dramatic femme bos taurus
with one kick had just restored us
to correct appreciation of the females and their kine.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousover 7 years agoabsolutely wonderful! shakespeare in the cowshed... brilliant :D
Contrastingalmost 8 years agoMilk cows, Shakespeare and sexism is a grand juxtaposition. I love the turn of phrase and the mind that turned the phrase. Well done!
normal jeanalmost 16 years agosort of gives me a new appreciation for the bovine species :)
I always have enjoyed your poetry, I don't know how I missed this one first time around.
NJ
LeBrozover 16 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 37,000 poems.
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cherries_on_snowalmost 18 years agoThanks for the lovely poem. Brought a needed smile.
evelyn_carrollabout 19 years agoThree further exegeses:-
1. Why is it that the anti-sexist language despoilers don't replace WOMAN with WOPERSON?
2. Have you heard the joke about how to tell the difference between an Ozzie and a Kiwi? It involves asking 'Would you fuck a thirteen year old?' Punchline on request.
3. Let's make the world a better place for women, rather than tinker with language.
Respect for the Immoral Bard.
My Erotic Taleabout 19 years agolike a hole ...or more like a mud puddle cause I wasn't sure what I had just stepped in <grin> only to learn the joy of a lot of witty-ness splashed in one step <chuckleboned> I did enjoy the clever humor in your poem~
