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The Celtic queen who led a valiant fight against the Romans stirs romantic notions of female power in the present day. Whether you belatedly recognize the establishment backlash against feminism, or have seen it all along, one has to agree: We are at a crucial turning point in history, with the fates of ordinary women, men and future generations hanging in the balance. These four poems express one woman's astonishing rage against the machine that is tearing down what took generations to build.
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Rori O'Keeffe
rookee75@gmail.com Whether she's bending light into rainbows or flying on a hyper-sonic broomstick, Rori can be counted on to describe the darkest corners of existence with both humour and pathos. Sometimes, though, she goes a little too far....
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