Virago

Virago: (1) A woman of extraordinary stature, strength, and courage. (2) A woman regarded as loud, scolding, ill-tempered, quarrelsome, or overbearing.

 

Is it not interesting,

She pointed out,

That there is a word

Which refers to both

Feminine strength

And that same woman’s

Quarrelsomeness?

It is almost as if

They cannot pay her a compliment

Without also tearing her down.

And why do they believe,

She kept saying,

That a courageous woman

Must also be overbearing?

That extraordinary stature

Is equalized within her naturally

By an ill temper?

As she spoke,

She became the very word

She preached about:

A virago to the core,

An inspiration to those

Who understood her meaning,

And helped her along with cheers,

While also a threat to everyone

Who were ignorant of her words,

And named her the Medusa of the time.

Reviews

[Kara Emily Krantz]

great job! i love the concept. there's a couple grammatical mistakes in there, but other than that the flow as really nice.

"It is almost as if
They cannot pay her a compliment
Without also tearing her down."

that was my favorite part, and so true.

might want to fix (the only one that really stood out to me)

"a threat to everyone / who were ignorant of her words"

OR

"a threat to everyone / who were in ignorance of her words"

either one of those would work. :)

hugs

loved it

[Andromeda]

i especially like the last line. hmmm...virago is a fun and interesting word.

[Steven Williams]

This is a very nice write. Personally, I find strong women very attractive, not quarrelsome. I love how you decided to do this, did the definition of the word actually inspire you to write this? I really love your observation in this piece and you are onto something with the line: "It is almost as ifThey cannot pay her a complimentWithout also tearing her down." I think we see that with alot of the women in this country that maintain a position of power or stature!

~Stephen