Poetry on Inspiring Women -Book Three

In this book, tributes have been written to the following ten women who made an impact in society: Mary Shelley, Catherine the Great, Vera Atkins, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Fry, Mary Anning, Joan of Arc, Isabella of Castile, Catherine of Siena and Wangari Maathai

Excerpts from some of these poems:

A Dream Writer

She saw her ghost fable in front of her eyes, with signs of life
She was frightened and spent the night in uneasy wakerife
She began writing her dream and it became “Frankenstein”
She realised that she had stepped out from childhood wherein

The Star of the North

She was a great patron of Russian opera, culture and arts
With head held high and regal costume, she won over hearts
She conferred “Charter of the Towns” and “Charter to the Nobility”
Her legal innovations bolted Russia to the phase of hypnotisability

She sells seashells

She risked her life of being crushed by the half suspended fragments
Finding ammonite and belemnite shells were her accomplishments
She searched for fossil at every tide under the hanging cliff
The valuable relics of an ancient world she would sniff

The maid of Orleans

Her prediction came true when news confirmed her assertion
She travelled through the hostile country with determination
The king had faced defeat and tried every possible option
She was the only hope for a declining administration