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There's plenty of things we need to change in this world. Nine women share for our #ittybittypoetry Insta series on IWD.
There’s plenty of things we need to change in this world. Nine women share for our #ittybittypoetry Insta series on IWD.
A day before International Women’s Day, here at Women’s Web, we launched our brand new #ittybittypoetry series on our Instagram handle.
#Ittybittypoetry is a poetry series where you can submit, as the name suggests, tiny poems (just about 20 words) on a cue that we post – each fortnight.
As a part of International Women’s Day, we invited tiny poems on the theme, “One change you want this Women’s Day.” We were flooded with responses and we have handpicked nine of the best ones for you to enjoy reading.
Here they are!
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As she writes in this poem, living without fear seems like a luxury for women in this country.
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We’ll be sharing the next cue for #ittybittypoems soon. Follow our Instagram handle for more such amazing series where you can participate!
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