ERASURE POEM

Erasure poems are created by erasing words from an article, till you are left with just enough words for a poem. Here is a take on that.

Original article

https://hbr.org/2016/04/run-meetings-that-are-fair-to-introverts-women-and-remote-workers?referral=00563&cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-daily_alert-_-alert_date&utm_source=newsletter_daily_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alert_date

“Smart people think on their feet.

Extroverts buzzing away

introverts are quiet.

Conference calls

can notoriously circulate

unproductive insights.

The unconscious bias

has obvious flaws.

talk to think

think to talk

undermine

new insights.

The men in the room

Manterrupting,

Mansplaining

Bropropriating.

Women disengaged

and out of sight.

Multiple studies

undermine ideas

hilariously.

Collective thinking

spoofed

and mocked.

The conscious bias

is the strategy — -

realizing full potential

of the few

who easily

make their voices heard.