Sunday, April 5, 2015

Day 5-Jo March of "Little Women"-NaPoWriMo with Magaly Guerrero 2015



On day 5,  address your poem to an historical or fictional character.  Please cite the title of the book, where your character appears. If you choose a historical figure, do tell us his or her name.

Jo March of "Little Women"

When you jumped off
the pages of my'Christmas gifted books,
I was astonished!
Your curiosity, your dislike of
womanly duties,
but, mostly your ink-stained fingers
showed me a kindred spirit.
You should me what I would
be up against, 
how my gender would be
used against me
in my pursuit of
career and livelihood.
You could have taken
the easy way,
put away your pen and ink,
taken to the embroidery needle,
but you persisted.
You defied convention
with your heart,
instead of rich and handsome, 
you waited for someone
that would look at you
as an equal.
You, dear Jo,
shaped the woman 
I am today
and the artist 
I strive to be.
Thanks to you
and your beloved Professor,
I saw what a true partnership
should be.
I saw in you
the same burning desire
to know,
to explore, 
to write,
all so much a part
of my young psyche already.
It made me realize
that I was going to be
alright.




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19 comments:

  1. Wow. This is a lovely and heartfelt tribute to Jo March and Little Women and everything that the book represented. That's really cool. I like your take on her and where's she coming from. Good write.

    PS: Love the Halloween countdown timer. The animation is sweet.

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    1. Thank you so much, Elena! I still look up to her!

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  2. Sorry Sharon--I don't know what it is, but the lines of this poem are highlighted or blanked out in white and I can't read them--it's like a redacted CIA document or something. But I did love that book and that character, growing up and I'm sure you did both justice.

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    1. So sorry! I don't know what happened. I have tried everything to fix it and now it has disappeared, even though I saved it. Grrrr!

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  3. Hedgewitch, if you take your cursor you can highlight the lines and see the words. Though I think Jo might like the idea of a cleverly hidden code! She was a clever and independent woman indeed!

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  4. Hedgewitch, if you take your cursor you can highlight the lines and see the words. Though I think Jo might like the idea of a cleverly hidden code! She was a clever and independent woman indeed!

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  5. I don't know why this is showing up this way. Does anyone know how I can fix it? Thanks!

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    1. I think the words are there, just very pale font....can you try changing font colour?

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  6. When you cut and paste try the option "Paste as plain text only". My website sometimes does this to me and that's how I get out of it. Or you can cut and paste it into a Microsoft word doc, plain text only, and the copy it back. There are lots of ways to make it go away.

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  7. Well, I tried to fix it and now it is gone. Will try and re-do it later! Sorry!

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  8. I can't see it. Will come back to see if you re-posted it...

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  9. A woman who conspired in the birthing of a soul I admire. What a wonderful gift!

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  10. You captured exactly that wonderful feeling of recognition, when you find a character in a book who's a mirror to your hopes and dreams! Love!

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    1. And, it did not hurt knowing that she was penned by a woman! Thanks!

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  11. I love how you relate to the character of Jo and combine the then and now.

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    1. Thank you, Jane! She has been a life long influence!

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