Beautiful Tuesday | A Double Feature in Flowers and Verse

My poems were featured on Maggie Devers’ One Poem Only podcast two+ months ago. World Poetry Day (February 21) would have been the perfect time to share that news, but…I forgot.

Yes, I’m hanging my head in shame.

Thankfully, podcasts don’t disappear (unless deleted), so you can still access the poems (yay!). Maggie’s double feature involves her reading one poem on her podcast and the another one on Instagram. I was honored to be selected for a double feature.

Please take a moment or two to listen to Maggie’s beautiful reading of both poems.

You’ll Hear Music by Chandra! [“You’ll Hear Music” was first published in the Stafford 2024-25 Anthology].

You can access the second poem on Instagram.

Abandoned by Chandra! [“Abandoned” was recently published in the debut revival issue of Athena’s Web, the literary arts journal of Athens State University].

Let me know what you think in the comments!

About the Images: Anne Lene, my Wildflowers friend from Norway, sent the two postcards featured in this post–one for International Women’s Day 2025, the other for International Women’s Day 2026. Aren’t they lovely?

Please make time to listen to Tahlia Isaac's International Women's Day Address from 2025, speaking from her personal experiences and the stories of others, about how we treat Indigenous women whom society labels as "criminals" and locks up for overwhelmingly minor offences, further oppressing them and pushing them into poverty and recidivism.

In my opinion, if you think prisons perform a necessary function in society for separating the "bad" from the "good" and keeping communities safe, or that police and the courts are fair and just, then you don't yet understand the system.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/australia-s-broken-social-contract-protecting-women-in-prison/106524260

#IndigenousWomen #SystemicOppression #PrisonReform #SocialJustice #AboriginalWomen #InternationalWomensDay

From @joannechocolat

Maddalena Casulana (1544–1590) was an Italian #composer, lutenist, and singer.

In #Venice, her book of madrigals for four voices, "Il primo libro di madrigali", was the first printed and published work by a woman in Western #music #history.

Personal note: much of her work has been lost or is incomplete, but several pieces have been found, restored, & were performed for the first time in 400 years in 2022, on BBC Radio 3 for #InternationalWomensDay

#CelebratingWomen #Italy #Maddalena_Casulana #IWD #Artemisia_Gentileschi #Madrigals

Happy International Women’s Day! 🌷

Heute feiern wir die Stärke, Kompetenz und Innovationskraft von Frauen - weltweit.

Vielfalt ist für uns kein Schlagwort, sondern ein Erfolgsfaktor. Wir setzen uns für Chancengleichheit, gegenseitigen Respekt und echte Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten ein – heute und an jedem anderen Tag im Jahr.

Danke an all die inspirierenden Frauen, die unsere Branche und unser Unternehmen jeden Tag mitgestalten.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD #WomenInTech #Diversity #audiusgroup

To narrow the gender gap on Wikipedia, back in March, 194 participants created 129 new articles and improved or expanded 429.

"Some wrote about women from their own family histories. Others delved into archives and heritage collections, bringing forgotten stories back to life."

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/04/04/%f0%9f%92%9c-together-were-writing-women-back-into-history/

#wikipedia #GenderGap #InternationalWomensDay

Centro CSO conmemora su noveno Día Internacional de la Mujer

Los Ángeles, CA – El 8 de marzo, más de 150 personas se reunieron en el Ayuntamiento de Boyle Heights para asistir a la novena celebración anual del Día Internacional de la Mujer organizada por Centro CSO. El evento de este año contó con puestos de comida y un panel de conversación con oradoras de las diferentes áreas de trabajo de Centro CSO, como inmigración, educación y brutalidad policial. La Dra. Rocío Rivas, miembro de la junta directiva del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles (LAUSD) que defiende a la segunda jurisdicción escolar más grande del país contra la privatización, fue la oradora principal del evento.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/centro-cso-conmemora-su-noveno-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer

Santa Ana se moviliza por el Día Internacional de la Mujer

Santa Ana, CA — El sábado 7 de marzo, cerca de 50 miembros de la comunidad se congregaron en el parque El Salvador para el Día Internacional de la Mujer. A pesar de las intensas ráfagas de los vientos de Santa Ana, los participantes mantuvieron el ánimo en alto. Condenaron los numerosos ataques perpetrados contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTQ por parte de la administración Trump.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/santa-ana-se-moviliza-por-el-dia-internacional-de-la-mujer