A working class girl
Raised in Aberdeen
Becoming a synth diva
Our butch pop queen
Always iconoclastic
Energy transgressive
She toyed with gender
Her ethos suggestive
Dave Stewart her partner
Together, the Eurythmics
Innovating in the eighties
Undermining toxic systems
Annie’s fierce feminism
Her anthem with Aretha
She captured the moment
Liberation’s sacred fever
Her energy manic depressive
Deep sadness churned withing
She champions her neurodivergence
Tides of evolution morphing again
1992 a pivotal year
Launching her solo career
She bared visceral longing
Conquering emotional fear
Using her power with purpose
She decried the AIDS pandemic
Demanding global awareness
Awakening global resistance
Annie Lennox spoke for Palestine
Raising her voice against genocide
She denounced mass displacement
Amplifying the cry for ceasefire
The hybrid image of Annie Lennox
Both radical and unrepentant
She is a crusader for justice
She is androgyny transcendent
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painting by DAVID AMOROSO: @AmorosoART on IG
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2026
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