Ann Grogan
Excuses
Some excuse or curse misogyny
by pointing out ancient men
are of "their times."
Would they excuse past wars or blight,
abuse of babes by mothers
waylaid by sin?
Those who promote perfidy,
who think lies less able to destroy
than gaping wounds to mind and body,
who claim words cannot harm:
let them remember this—
a death is still a death.
Bio
Ann Grogan is a joyful octogenarian, retired lawyer, and emerging poet who lives in San Francisco, CA. Her writing promotes the unequivocal permission to pursue one's passions at any age. Her poems have appeared in Little Old Lady, The Prairie Review, Querencia, Dissent Voice, New Verse News, and the University of Vermont's Continuing Education Newsletter, and are forthcoming in Amethyst Review and Vistas and Byways. She's the author of two volumes of poetry, Poetic Musings on Pianos, Music & Life. Her music and poetry website is rhapsodydmb.com.