Antigone 'A True Feminist?' Poem by shimon weinroth

Oh, chidren of the womb
hear me, for I have a tale
to tell of woe and sorrow
of the 'House of Oedipus'

Hear me men of Thebes,
Corinth and Athens too
plagued by Oracles curses
pestilence and Civil War

'So see I woe on woe
ordained of old'
rocking the foundations
of family and tradition
pitting the clan against
the kings and polis state

Brave Antigone sister and
daughter of Oedipus
defying King Creon
embraced the old traditions

cruel king sentenced his
daughter in law to be buried alive
hero and heroine of the family unit
gladly met her death

she had honor by her deeds
warning to despots.
Creon without sons,

Alas woman-kind by emulation
chose the home
and not the politics
of ruling states