Emmeline Poem by Angela Wybrow

Emmeline



As a political activist, she led the great fight
For women to vote as a God given right.
She had a spirit which would not be downed;
She had a voice which would not be drowned.

She and her followers disregarded State law:
Rules and regulations, they so often ignored.
The Union smashed windows and started fires;
They shouted demands and cut telephone wires.

The Union's motto was ‘deeds, not words' -
These three simple words were so often heard.
Whenever they marched, they had banners and signs -
By one of her daughters, these were designed.

The colours of green, purple and white,
Were those symbolic of their worthy fight;
Green for hope, white for purity,
And purple for freedom and dignity.

Emmeline famously once made it her mission
To pay the Palace a visit to present a petition;
But she got herself arrested by the police
For causing a disturbance of the peace.

She was so determined not to fail,
But, for her efforts, she was quite often jailed.
By her treatment, she was not too amused,
And, once in jail, the food she refused.

By her visits to jail, she was not deterred -
Her voice was one which was still often heard.
She would stand before an assembled crowd,
And deliver her message, proud and loud.

Her campaigning led to a change in the law,
And so she got what she had hoped for.
To the cause, she was truly devoted,
And her place in history is duly noted.

Saturday, October 18, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: history
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Angela Wybrow

Angela Wybrow

Salisbury, Wilts, UK
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