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# Women
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/women/
- Published: 2026-03-08T19:37:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:11:00.000Z
- Description: “Women,” an homage to the life force of our civilization, written on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2026, poem 067 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo, “Goddess at the Met,” by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Homage, Poems, Creation, Culture, Generations, International Womens' Day, Matriarchy, Patriarchy, Societal Standards, Society, Women, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

We owe our creation to women.  
Women are why we are here.  
Women architect our bodies;   
build and nurture and deliver us  
to outstretched arms  
in a waiting world.   
  
We owe our creation to women.  
Women hold our ancestral wisdom  
and carry the torch for the future.  
Our communities are forged  
from elders who blazed paths for us.  
  
We owe our creation to women   
— even those who bear  
no children of their own —   
those who provide the infrastructure  
for our progress, for our purpose  
weaving communities and holding  
the ancient song of humanity.  
  
We owe our creation to women  
and yet modern society routinely,  
pervasively, regards women   
with abhorrence and contempt.  
  
We owe our creation to women  
and so we should uphold  
and protect and cherish  
and listen and believe  
and amplify and elevate  
the women of our world.