A Poem For All The 'Old Hags' // Sarah MacGillivray

Call me a hag, I dare you.

Powerful spoken word piece from Sarah MacGillivray, which challenges the language and stereotypes society tends to associate with women as they grow older.

[ashswolfdreams]

This is amazing - thank you, Sarah! A whole circle of hags on Facebook are rejoicing over this! Blessings!

[joelleaboukhalil]

Wooow Sara I this 💙 this poem really touched me!! you are so talented & beautiful inside out!

[maisie]

There are no words to thank you — I needed to hear this xxx

[Landscapingyourlife]

Wow how fantastic - just visited Hag at Dunfermline Carnegie Library and was inspired to hunt down the poem - beautiful 😍

[louisemignault]

As an old hag, with a heart still beating, I loved it!

[transformationdecoded]

This is beautiful, from one hag to another!

[melindamcquade]

I do believe, I'm a hag! What a wonderful feeling of happiness!

[libbylum]

Strength and humility I have no strength left

[ThePickledPixie]

I share this in women's groups regularly. Beautiful and empowering.

[SinaSchmidt-ph]

Thank you so much for this! Could you turn this into a song? ❤

[Achnacon]

As the husband of a lovely young cailleach, I loved this poem.

[sarahmiller]

Wonderful. I prefer Crone but I’m going to try to embrace Hag in my 70th year

[franciscob]

Beautiful poem, does anyone know what music is playing? It's so moving 💞

[cachecrop]

Damn. Now you've made me cry! But thank you, Sarah. That was lovely.

[mayamassarheartful]

THIS IS SPECTACULAR. THANK YOU. IT MADE ME CRY AND MAKES ME SO SO HAPPY.

[kathyyoung]

THANKS young lady, I am one of these ( Old Hags), and proud to Be ME!💖 Sarah, you make getting older, a noble event!😍

[dkaltz]

To All the Hags and Crones...
Be Proud you made it there..and I'll see you by the fire!
Poem spoken by Sarah MacGillivray
A Poem For All The 'Old Hags'
Few things make me as sad as when a woman says she's turning into an 'old hag'
As if there's something wrong.
Who did this so long ago?
Degrading ageing women robbing her of home.
Debasing her with myths and hurting self-esteem so she is laughed at, mocked by others.
Even her own kin.
Well, I'm not going to have it anymore.
Because when i look at you I See You turning into Beauty,
Time and Wisdom and Suffering Overcome.
I see the Woman I aspire to be.
Endless spark of wit and fun.
You are a marvel of the universe, more beautiful every day.
So don't you give a second thought to what others they might say.
If your bones start to stiffen and rattle, let's thank them, give them their due.
It's because you look to others you know life's not just about you.
You've reached out those hands so many a time, to relieve a mind of sorrow.
Each line their shows the wisdom you hold and from where you're light we've borrowed.
All seeing All knowing you.
'I still get it wrong' you say and there you go again guiding the way with strength in humility.
So if your nose it gets bigger, and your eyes start to crack and your skin isn't perfect
..tell me what is wrong with that?
If you can't be put in a box and refuse to comply with how others you you should live your own life.
If you respect all of nature and call it your friend and think maybe this life isn't where it all ends, ..tell me what is wrong with that?
So take me in your arms old hag let's claim the word together.
We won't be broken by images that women must be young forever.
Gather your hags around dear one, and i will bring mine too.
We'll stoke great fires together and be guided by the moon.
Call me a hag, I dare you!
I delight in all it means, for in my eyes are burning bright lights of power and from me it beams. They're scared of all our knowledge, the secrets we might possess.
We claim hag with old and young.
We won't be made to feel we're less.
For I am great and so are You!
Let's break this bond of words, let's band together, connect with light,
let kindness fill our swords..or wands.
We'll see you in the garden and we'll see you by the Fire.
We'll see you where love's forgotten and we'll see you somewhere higher.
You'll know us by our looks, you'll be certain in our stare.
You'll know us by our great great power we hags get everywhere

[kotseridouvoula]

If anybody knows the piece of music playing in the background, please be so kind to tell me.

[charlenerhoden]

Is there anywhere i can get a print of this?

[sarahmiller]

How would I get a copy of this poem. I would love to frame it.