Thursday, 21 June 2012

'Here's A Tree', Says Jane, 'And Here Are Some Flowers'

Part Three

But, Jane wasn't having any of that.
She was damned
If she were going to spend 
Nine months getting fat.

So she began to compete.
Put in the hours.
Her only mistake
Was to focus on trees and flowers.

For, as feminist historians
Have rightly realised,
Flower painting is/was considered lowly,
Neither acclaimed nor highly prized.



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