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#MeToo: A women’s poetry anthology
A brand new collection of largely new work, that rose up directly out of the collective rage from the #MeToo campaign on social media around the world at the end of 2017.
These poems are painful, angry, often difficult to bear, but the result of these voices singing together is one that is beautiful, full of sisterhood, strength, and recovery.
Enough tears. Enough silence. It was all of us but we
never knew. Sisters, take my hands, we can say it together:
me too
me too
me too.
Sarah Doyle
This collection contains mainly previously unpublished work from some of our finest poets:
Jill Abram, Vasiliki Albedo, Deborah Alma, Jean Atkin, Roberta Beary, Victoria Bennett, Kaddy Benyon, Ama Bolton, Jhilmil Breckenridge, Rachel Buchanan, Jane Burn, Rachel Burns, Cath Campbell, Louisa Campbell, Zelda Chappel, Rachael Clyne, Jane Commane, Meg Cox, Sarah Doyle, Pat Edwards, Alicia Fernández, Rona Fitzgerald, Kate Garrett, Kathy Gee, Georgi Gill, Roz Goddard, Linda Goulden, Vicky Hampton, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Deborah Harvey, Ramona Herdman, AM Hill, Clare Hill, Angi Holden, Rhiannon Hooson, Helen Ivory, Sheila Jacob, Sally Jenkinson, Jemima Laing, Gill Lambert, Dorianne Laux, Claire Leavey, Emma Lee, Liz Lefroy, Pippa Little, Mandy Macdonald, Maggie Mackay, Holly Magill, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Miles, Sarah Mnatzaganian, Kim Moore, Abegail Morley, Helen Mort, Katrina Naomi, Lisa Oliver, Michelle Penn, Pascale Petit, Bethany W Pope, clare e potter, Wendy Pratt, Lesley Quayle, Kathleen M. Quinlan, Amy Rainbow, Natalie Rees, Jess Richards, Victoria Richards, Bethany Rivers, Rosie Sandler, Jacqueline Saphra, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emily Sernaker, Emma Simon, Beth Somerford, Ruth Stacey, Judi Sutherland, Angela Topping, Cathy Whittaker, Natalie Whittaker, Stella Wulf.
The poets, at time of publication, live in:
Aberdeen, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, County Down, County Durham, County Mayo, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, France, Glasgow, Gloucestershire, Greece, Herefordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicestershire, London, New Zealand, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, U.S.A., Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Wrexham
All profits will go to Women’s Aid UK.
These poems are painful, angry, often difficult to bear, but the result of these voices singing together is one that is beautiful, full of sisterhood, strength, and recovery.
Enough tears. Enough silence. It was all of us but we
never knew. Sisters, take my hands, we can say it together:
me too
me too
me too.
Sarah Doyle
This collection contains mainly previously unpublished work from some of our finest poets:
Jill Abram, Vasiliki Albedo, Deborah Alma, Jean Atkin, Roberta Beary, Victoria Bennett, Kaddy Benyon, Ama Bolton, Jhilmil Breckenridge, Rachel Buchanan, Jane Burn, Rachel Burns, Cath Campbell, Louisa Campbell, Zelda Chappel, Rachael Clyne, Jane Commane, Meg Cox, Sarah Doyle, Pat Edwards, Alicia Fernández, Rona Fitzgerald, Kate Garrett, Kathy Gee, Georgi Gill, Roz Goddard, Linda Goulden, Vicky Hampton, Sue Hardy-Dawson, Deborah Harvey, Ramona Herdman, AM Hill, Clare Hill, Angi Holden, Rhiannon Hooson, Helen Ivory, Sheila Jacob, Sally Jenkinson, Jemima Laing, Gill Lambert, Dorianne Laux, Claire Leavey, Emma Lee, Liz Lefroy, Pippa Little, Mandy Macdonald, Maggie Mackay, Holly Magill, Sabrina Mahfouz, Sarah Miles, Sarah Mnatzaganian, Kim Moore, Abegail Morley, Helen Mort, Katrina Naomi, Lisa Oliver, Michelle Penn, Pascale Petit, Bethany W Pope, clare e potter, Wendy Pratt, Lesley Quayle, Kathleen M. Quinlan, Amy Rainbow, Natalie Rees, Jess Richards, Victoria Richards, Bethany Rivers, Rosie Sandler, Jacqueline Saphra, Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Emily Sernaker, Emma Simon, Beth Somerford, Ruth Stacey, Judi Sutherland, Angela Topping, Cathy Whittaker, Natalie Whittaker, Stella Wulf.
The poets, at time of publication, live in:
Aberdeen, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, County Down, County Durham, County Mayo, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, France, Glasgow, Gloucestershire, Greece, Herefordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicestershire, London, New Zealand, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, U.S.A., Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Wrexham
All profits will go to Women’s Aid UK.
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Published March 8, 2018
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March 21, 2018
So first, I have to raise my hands and say that I am no poetry expert. I often struggle to understand what is being said through poems. However, I was determined to read this anthology, not least as it contains a contribution from a friend of mine; Angi Holden, but also because the aim of this collection is to rally against sexual assault and harassment.
I feel as though I owe it to the authors of these poems, to read them, to ponder and to make what I can of them. And I did, and I have, and I've been incredibly moved by the words that I've read. I've also been angered and at times I felt hopeful.
#MeToo is made up of a poems in varying styles, and lengths, but each one has a strong and striking message, and the anthology is split into seven parts:
Part One : 'silly lasses'
Part Two: 'my ordinary walk home'
Part Three: 'I see myself lie quiet as snow on rail tracks'
Part Four: 'Domestic'
Part Five: 'They can't help it'
Part Six: ''I said I was the proof'
Part Seven: 'make for the light'
Each of these chapter headings tell a story of their own, and the phrases littered throughout the collection such as: "It's just a game"; "What d'you expect, silly lasses ..."; "She never told anyone." are a reinforcement of the stories related by thousands of women over the last few months.
This is an important book, a proper call to arms, and should be an essential read, in schools, by both girls and boys. It's a slice of history, a true representation of what is happening in our world today.
I am not a writer, and certainly not a poet, but I am a woman. A woman who is constantly outraged and alarmed by the things that have been exposed, and are continuing to be shared every single day. My words do not do this book any justice, but I hope that they are enough to make people go out and discover it for themselves.
I feel as though I owe it to the authors of these poems, to read them, to ponder and to make what I can of them. And I did, and I have, and I've been incredibly moved by the words that I've read. I've also been angered and at times I felt hopeful.
#MeToo is made up of a poems in varying styles, and lengths, but each one has a strong and striking message, and the anthology is split into seven parts:
Part One : 'silly lasses'
Part Two: 'my ordinary walk home'
Part Three: 'I see myself lie quiet as snow on rail tracks'
Part Four: 'Domestic'
Part Five: 'They can't help it'
Part Six: ''I said I was the proof'
Part Seven: 'make for the light'
Each of these chapter headings tell a story of their own, and the phrases littered throughout the collection such as: "It's just a game"; "What d'you expect, silly lasses ..."; "She never told anyone." are a reinforcement of the stories related by thousands of women over the last few months.
This is an important book, a proper call to arms, and should be an essential read, in schools, by both girls and boys. It's a slice of history, a true representation of what is happening in our world today.
I am not a writer, and certainly not a poet, but I am a woman. A woman who is constantly outraged and alarmed by the things that have been exposed, and are continuing to be shared every single day. My words do not do this book any justice, but I hope that they are enough to make people go out and discover it for themselves.
March 21, 2018
So first, I have to raise my hands and say that I am no poetry expert. I often struggle to understand what is being said through poems. However, I was determined to read this anthology, not least as it contains a contribution from a friend of mine; Angi Holden, but also because the aim of this collection is to rally against sexual assault and harassment.
I feel as though I owe it to the authors of these poems, to read them, to ponder and to make what I can of them. And I did, and I have, and I've been incredibly moved by the words that I've read. I've also been angered and at times I felt hopeful.
#MeToo is made up of a poems in varying styles, and lengths, but each one has a strong and striking message, and the anthology is split into seven parts:
Part One : 'silly lasses'
Part Two: 'my ordinary walk home'
Part Three: 'I see myself lie quiet as snow on rail tracks'
Part Four: 'Domestic'
Part Five: 'They can't help it'
Part Six: ''I said I was the proof'
Part Seven: 'make for the light'
Each of these chapter headings tell a story of their own, and the phrases littered throughout the collection such as: "It's just a game"; "What d'you expect, silly lasses ..."; "She never told anyone." are a reinforcement of the stories related by thousands of women over the last few months.
This is an important book, a proper call to arms, and should be an essential read, in schools, by both girls and boys. It's a slice of history, a true representation of what is happening in our world today.
I am not a writer, and certainly not a poet, but I am a woman. A woman who is constantly outraged and alarmed by the things that have been exposed, and are continuing to be shared every single day. My words do not do this book any justice, but I hope that they are enough to make people go out and discover it for themselves.
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I feel as though I owe it to the authors of these poems, to read them, to ponder and to make what I can of them. And I did, and I have, and I've been incredibly moved by the words that I've read. I've also been angered and at times I felt hopeful.
#MeToo is made up of a poems in varying styles, and lengths, but each one has a strong and striking message, and the anthology is split into seven parts:
Part One : 'silly lasses'
Part Two: 'my ordinary walk home'
Part Three: 'I see myself lie quiet as snow on rail tracks'
Part Four: 'Domestic'
Part Five: 'They can't help it'
Part Six: ''I said I was the proof'
Part Seven: 'make for the light'
Each of these chapter headings tell a story of their own, and the phrases littered throughout the collection such as: "It's just a game"; "What d'you expect, silly lasses ..."; "She never told anyone." are a reinforcement of the stories related by thousands of women over the last few months.
This is an important book, a proper call to arms, and should be an essential read, in schools, by both girls and boys. It's a slice of history, a true representation of what is happening in our world today.
I am not a writer, and certainly not a poet, but I am a woman. A woman who is constantly outraged and alarmed by the things that have been exposed, and are continuing to be shared every single day. My words do not do this book any justice, but I hope that they are enough to make people go out and discover it for themselves.
https://randomthingsthroughmyletterbo...
October 5, 2023
i’m not going to pretend to be an expert on poetry, but this anthology felt like such a perfect amalgamation of poems that put on paper the universal reality of womanhood. it felt both comforting and disturbing to read the juxtaposition of different perspectives of those women who despise their femininity and womanhood because of the onslaught of violence and those who embrace it in spite of that. anyway loved it, very digestible but simultaneously incredibly nuanced so you have no excuse not to read !!
January 16, 2019
all i have to ask is why.
why, why, why do more people not talk about this anthology?
the fact that all of these poets, of such varying styles and backgrounds, could be united over such deeply personal experiences is both awe inducing and horribly upsetting. this anthology is for everyone - man or women, fluid or binary it doesnt matter. everyone needs to read this to understand that the things that we have been accepting and belittling all of our lives matter and are wrong.
#metoo
why, why, why do more people not talk about this anthology?
the fact that all of these poets, of such varying styles and backgrounds, could be united over such deeply personal experiences is both awe inducing and horribly upsetting. this anthology is for everyone - man or women, fluid or binary it doesnt matter. everyone needs to read this to understand that the things that we have been accepting and belittling all of our lives matter and are wrong.
#metoo
March 28, 2018
Powerful and important. Difficult to start reading it - difficult to stop reading it. I believe this will go down in history as one of the most significant poetry anthologies ever written.
August 7, 2022
Heartbreaking. It would feel wrong to describe the anthology as something that I enjoyed, instead I can at least say I found the relatability somewhat comforting. This is an important read, it really tackles how different women cope through the art of poetry.
May 4, 2022
I shall reread many times I know...
February 6, 2026
A hard read but a worthwhile read
November 13, 2021
4.5
Very raw and hard to read at times.
Very raw and hard to read at times.
September 11, 2018
An absolute masterpiece.
The anthology cleverly constructed, ordered chapters allowing the reader to select where to begin (or avoid, should this be triggering for mental health following abuse). Much applause should be given to Deborah Alma.
Some of the works are heartbreaking, some stories of hope and triumph in the face of adversity and some are pure anger on the page. #MeTooMovementInPoetry #MeToo
With a profits going to Womens Aid, it’s a win win, I got a great anthology and they got a donation. Well done Fair Acre Press.
The anthology cleverly constructed, ordered chapters allowing the reader to select where to begin (or avoid, should this be triggering for mental health following abuse). Much applause should be given to Deborah Alma.
Some of the works are heartbreaking, some stories of hope and triumph in the face of adversity and some are pure anger on the page. #MeTooMovementInPoetry #MeToo
With a profits going to Womens Aid, it’s a win win, I got a great anthology and they got a donation. Well done Fair Acre Press.
June 26, 2018
Powerful, moving, and essential reading.
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