http://twitter.com/#!/jtLOL/status/354394838587809793

It’s always good to see people taking an interest in poetry, but the danger of expressing oneself in verse is that so much is left open to misinterpretation. It’s unclear whether “If My Vagina Was a Gun,” one woman’s poem read in the Texas state capitol today to protest tougher abortion restrictions, changed any hearts or votes in the state legislature, but it did inspire thousands on Twitter to ask, “Why is #IfMyVaginaWasAGun trending?”

http://twitter.com/#!/shawntehope/status/354401345530363904
http://twitter.com/#!/LibertarianMiss/status/354403097679904769
http://twitter.com/#!/whereishawkins/status/354395762261626880
http://twitter.com/#!/sassyclassygrl/status/354400087658606594

Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” If that’s the case…

http://twitter.com/#!/LADowd/status/354391633686573057
http://twitter.com/#!/CrankyGordon/status/354392851234295809
http://twitter.com/#!/TheStormCro/status/354393703101632513
http://twitter.com/#!/NotClauswitz/status/354394036762705921
http://twitter.com/#!/theforgetler/status/354394583146299393
http://twitter.com/#!/ChampionCapua/status/354395497387147264
http://twitter.com/#!/flsku/status/354395772843851777
http://twitter.com/#!/sistertoldjah/status/354395986652704769
http://twitter.com/#!/PantsFree/status/354396943377645571
http://twitter.com/#!/rwmccrory/status/354398458238611456
http://twitter.com/#!/ChuckieMom1/status/354398905707929601
http://twitter.com/#!/Imaumbn/status/354400073582526466

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/08/poetry-slam-texas-abortion-debate-inspires-twitter-to-contemplate-ifmyvaginawasagun/