The poems in our ongoing “Liberating Words” series were written in an interdisciplinary course for high school juniors at The Winsor School, an all-girls school in Boston, Mass. The course, “The Personal Is Political: An Interdisciplinary Look at Feminism,” is co-taught by Libby Parsley, a History teacher, and Susanna Ryan, an English teacher. The second unit of the course focuses on the history and literature of second-wave feminism—the women’s liberation movement of the 1960’s and 70’s. Students read a compilation of poems by women writers from that period and then wrote their own poems; the assignment asked them to represent an issue or problem they see as central to 21st-century women’s experience through the very personal genre of poetry.
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by Namuna Baatar
Name: Namuna
“A Poem about Me”
i’m king of the world!
i like dinosaurs
i like space
i like running
and i like to race
all the boys can’t keep up with me
in the crafts room
i am bored
i see blue mats
and i build a fort
haha i rule the kingdom with an iron fist
Name: Namuna A girl
“A Poem about Me a girl”
i’m king of the world! a pretty little girl.
i like dinosaurs princesses
i like space pink
i like running sitting
and i like to race bake
all the boys can’t keep up with me like my cake
I am a in the crafts room
i am bored a house broom
i see blue mats wear a costume
and i build a fort prepare for my groom
He will haha i rule the kingdom with an iron fist and kiss me and
i’ll be His perfume
Grade for Original Poem: Failure
New Grade for Revised Poem: Not Good Enough
Namuna Baatar is a junior at the Winsor School who loves songwriting, fall, and Stranger Things.
