Breaking The Silence

Join members of PoemAlley tomorrow morning for the annual summer poetry service held in the Sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Society in Stamford, located downtown directly across from the Avon Theatre on Bedford Street.

   Breaking the Silence, this year’s theme, includes Agnes Roberts, Ralph Nazareth, Richard Duffee and several other PA members exercising the imperative of the poet to speak out against suffering or run the risk of being complicit with the forces of oppression, whatever they may be. While poetry has many faces and serves various needs, in this reading it will mostly present itself as an instrument for living meaningfully in these dark times.

Refreshments will be served in the Social Room following the service. Housed in a 142-year-old church, the UUSIS is the parent organization of PoemAlley. You can learn more about it under "Associated Links" to the left.

When:

Sunday, August 25, 2012

10-11am

Where:

20 Forest Street,

Stamford, CT 06901

(free parking available in the municipal lot across the Forest Street entrance)

Phone/Email:

203-348-0708

admin@uusis.org

Selections by Agnes Roberts

The Tales Of Women

Women, for centuries, have been known as house wives.
We were always told, a woman's place is in the home.
But today, we have broken down the barriers
and created a place in history for ourselves.
No more are we only tools.

Some women still choose to run the household.
While others have chosen to be in the corporate world.
Some are Carpenters, Masons, Electricians, Teachers,
Doctors, Lawyers, Politicians and Preachers.
Still, some men try to belittle us, saying
women have no place in a man's world.

Oh yes, they are afraid of a strong woman.
Given the task of a man, we do it without fear or scorn.
And that's fact, but the pay they cut back.
We'll keep fighting until we are recognized
as a great force in all societies.
And are given the wages we rightfully deserve.

Sisters, fight on, for this battle is not just for the strong.
If we remain true, focused and faithful,
then, victory will be our song.

Copyright 2002 Agnes Roberts

Our Creator

God is the being who created us all.
He is not a plaything or a toy,
Even though his name is taken in vain
He still forgives us all the same.

God is the being who created us all,
Color of skin means nothing at all,
If man continues to divide us,
There is no maybe God will chastise us.

God becomes more angry every day
As he listens to what we day and do
To each other day after day.
When they shoot us and we die,
Peace; Peace, is the constant cry.

One creator made us all: flesh,
Blood and bones we are,
A fact no one can deny.
Vast destruction will be this country's end
If man don't try to make amends.

Copyright 1996 Agnes Roberts
photography by Anita Patterson