Words Fail Me
September 5, 2011 in feminism, inequality, poetry
Dear Sirs • man to man • manpower • craftsman
working men • the thinking man • the man in the street
fellow countrymen • the history of mankind
one-man show • man in his wisdom • statesman
forefathers • masterful • masterpiece • old masters
the brotherhood of man • Liberty Equality Fraternity
sons of free men • faith of our fathers • god the father
god the son • yours fraternally • amen • words fail me
(Women’s Right’s Postcard, Women’s Press, London
Stephanie Dowrick, 1981)
* The formatting, including the green font for the ‘Words fail me’, is apparently how it appears on the card.
Si-Co said on January 13, 2013
Hi – I’m trying to trace a song which pretty much used these words as written for the lyrics. From the early 80s. Anyone have any idea?