\nThe balls to stand up to bigotry
\nFor you are a fool or are blind
\nIf the bigotry in keeping women silent one cant see…
\nLadies, laugh loud, to laugh be proud
\nLaugh at Bulent Ar\u00c4\u00b1nc for being a fool
\nWhat will be next, we ask perplexed?
\nWill he like Boko Haram decree to close each school?<\/p>\n
Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd It is not a sin to\u00c2\u00a0 smile What kind of mind sinful would find The face that does beguile? Can a man – if he think himself so – If he himself so calls Not control himself at a woman’s laughter To be …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2350,1981,1980,1423,129],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-islam","tag-laughter","tag-misogyny","tag-turkey","tag-womens-rights","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-tq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1430,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/give-to-me-a-bawdy-and-loud-lady\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824,"position":0},"title":"Give to Me a Bawdy and Loud Lady","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st February 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Give to me a bawdy and loud lady One who dances, swears and sings Who loves my friends the more for their quirks Who to all faces a smile brings.P Who sheds her tears without decorum Who is not afraid to hug Who changes her man for the better Him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Life"","block_context":{"text":"Life","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/life\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2691,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-great-mcgonagall\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824,"position":1},"title":"The Great Mcgonagall","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"21st April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"William \"Topaz\" Mc Gonnagle was poet from Dundee, who discovered he could make a rhyme at the grand old age of 52 or so. * He considered himself second to Shakespeare in Britian, and it will be of no surprise that he was of Irish stock to have a neck\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Funny Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Funny Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/funny-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Bard of Dundee!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_mrul4v6RG31sd3ep4o1_500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_mrul4v6RG31sd3ep4o1_500.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tumblr_mrul4v6RG31sd3ep4o1_500.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2460,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/bar-drunks-and-the-bards\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824,"position":2},"title":"Bar Drunks and the Bards","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"1st January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bards of today, heckled, by the critical ear That drinking, poetry does not want to hear Cant handle poetry, that they know Cant handle drink, that they show The empty buckets rattle loud Seeks the common ear of the rattled crowd Failing to find, are not aware They alone are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Poetry Events and Readings"","block_context":{"text":"Poetry Events and Readings","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/poetry-events-and-readings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2662,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/king-arthur-on-the-high-seas\/","url_meta":{"origin":1824,"position":3},"title":"King Arthur on the High Seas","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"17th April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Among the sickness and slaughter as they sailed the wild water There was fun and frivolous games played by the sailors of the seas In dangerous times when good business was bad crimes There was life and laughter echoing in the breeze. 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