No one’s property
It took generations
Without scratching the surface
I know of three,
I know there was more
Many came and went
Many had their names erased
My strength built over centuries
Waiting patiently
I have learnt I am the past
How arrogant I have been
Knowing nothing of waiting
I took it, as if it was mine
Although alone we never stand
Generations pulsing through my veins
I am not myself today
I am the collective yesterday
Loudly crashing in
Undeterred
I’m here
And I can declare I belong to none
A woman built from the scars of history
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third contemporary poetry collection. No one’s property explores inherited identity, historical erasure, and female self-possession — reclaiming the self not as an isolated individual, but as a living force shaped by generations and belonging to no one.
Female voices
My voice
Sounds female
My mind
Is of the humankind
Female voices
Misogyny denied
Tried to hush
Built a barricade
Female voices
Rise
Unapologetic
For this disruption
My voice is not alone
It has been raised by the past
Connected to the present
Spoken for the future
Imagining a peaceful world
Women’s voices are heard
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s second contemporary poetry collection. Female voices speaks to the collective force of women’s expression — affirming female speech as intergenerational, defiant and necessary in the ongoing struggle against silencing, exclusion and misogyny.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.
The social experiment
Take away the scales
Add a boy and a girl
Place one in front of the other
Blind the boy with sugar
Tie the girls hands
Bake the boy in golden sunshine
Beat the girl down and leave to rise
Measure only the material
Add judgement to the girl
Add praise to the boy
Discard cause and effect
Walk away from the results
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. The social experiment speaks to the manufactured nature of gender inequality — exposing how praise, restriction and bias are unevenly assigned, then falsely treated as proof of natural difference.
Female Voices
It All Begins Here
My voice
Sounds female
My mind
Is of the humankind
Female voices
Misogyny denied
Tried to hush
Built a barricade
Female voices
Rise
Unapologetic
For this disruption
My voice is not alone
It has been raised by the past
Connected to the present
Spoken for the future
Imagining a peaceful world
Women’s voices are heard
~ Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in RISE, Camille’s 2nd poetry collection. This poem Female Voices speaks to feminist continuity — the understanding that each voice carries the strength of those who came before it. It honours intergenerational resistance and collective memory.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.