by admin | Jan 11, 2024 | Poems by Women, Secular/Modern Era
Two girls discoverthe secret of lifein a sudden line ofpoetry.I who don’t know thesecret wrotethe line. Theytold me(through a third person)they had found itbut not what it wasnot evenwhat line it was. No doubtby now, more than a weeklater, they have forgottenthe...
by admin | Dec 29, 2023 | Buddhist, Poems by Women
I cannot saywhich is which:the glowingplum blossom isthe spring night’s moon.
by admin | Dec 28, 2023 | Hindu, Poems by Women
I wore myself out, looking for myself.No one could have worked harder to break the code.I lost myself in myself and found a wine cellar. Nectar, I tell you.There were jars and jars of the good stuff, and no one to drink it.
by admin | Dec 26, 2023 | Christian, Poems by Women
I cannot dance, Lord, unless you lead me.If you want me to leap with abandon,You must intone the song.Then I shall leap into love,From love into knowledge,From knowledge into enjoyment,And from enjoyment beyond all human sensations.There I want to remain, yet want...
by admin | Dec 14, 2023 | Christian, Poems by Women
Then you shall take some of the blood, and put it on the door posts and the lintels of the houses…and when I see the blood, I shall pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.-Exodus 12: 7 & 13They...
by admin | Dec 12, 2023 | Poems by Women, Secular/Modern Era
I’ve learned to live simply, wisely,To look at the sky and pray to God,And to take long walks before eveningTo wear out this useless anxiety.When the burdocks rustle in the ravineAnd the yellow-red clusters of rowan nod,I compose happy versesAbout mortal life,...
