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Disabled
by Wilfred Owen

He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark,
And shivered in his ghastly suit of grey,
Legless, sewn short at elbow. Through the park
Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn,
Voices of play and pleasure after day,
Till gathering sleep had mothered them from him.

About this time Town used to swing so gay
When glow-lamps budded in the light blue trees,
And girls glanced lovelier as the air grew dim,-

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Women Of Courage
by Kathy L. Goings

Women of courage, women of strength ,
Women of faith and devotion.
Mothers of children with spirits so strong
Who may have unbridled imaginations. REFRAIN: They are women, women of courage
They are Christians, towers of strength.
They are women who put Jesus first in life
Show’ ring His love on all those they greet. Women with losses, women who love,
Whose strength and whose courage comes from above,
Whether they're mothers; or loving Aunties,
It's plain to see Jesus’ love shines through them. REFRAIN: They are women, women of courage

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Duino Elegies: The First Elegy
by Rainer Maria Rilke

Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels'
hierarchies? and even if one of them suddenly
pressed me against his heart, I would perish
in the embrace of his stronger existence.
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure and are awed
because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.
Each single angel is terrifying.
And so I force myself, swallow and hold back
the surging call of my dark sobbing.

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Green Chile
by Jimmy Santiago Baca

I prefer red chile over my eggs
and potatoes for breakfast.
Red chile ristras decorate my door,
dry on my roof, and hang from eaves.
They lend open-air vegetable stands
historical grandeur, and gently swing
with an air of festive welcome.
I can hear them talking in the wind,
haggard, yellowing, crisp, rasping
tongues of old men, licking the breeze.

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Lament
by Dylan Thomas

When I was a windy boy and a bit
And the black spit of the chapel fold,
(Sighed the old ram rod, dying of women),
I tiptoed shy in the gooseberry wood,
The rude owl cried like a tell-tale tit,
I skipped in a blush as the big girls rolled
Nine-pin down on donkey's common,
And on seesaw sunday nights I wooed
Whoever I would with my wicked eyes,
The whole of the moon I could love and leave

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Recent Women Poems
Angel of Darkness
by Allison Anderson

I became friends with the darkness
The sun has become a myth
The Rain was only a comforting sound
And how I missed the snow

The walls were covered in tally marks
Counting the days
But seems time has escaped me
And the monsters in my head where only getting louder


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Be Very Careful To Make A Woman Cry
by Shaila Touchton

Women are created in the image of God just as men are
Females are seen by Jesus as genuine persons
Not simply as the objects of male desire
Every family has disagreements, conflicts
Some men treat her with bitterness and uncontrolled anger,
They quarrel with her, abuse her,
Some Men are so rude, violent, controlling, and hatred
They do not reflect the love of Christ to her

For the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God

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“Old Soul”
by CHANDRA RICE

Lighting candles in the shade
of high priests and saints,
she prays for a peace that only exists
before she discovered her power.
She cartwheels from one man to another,
paints her eyelids with graffiti,
dreams of marigolds and picket fences,
as she is used,
her body recycled,
her rent taken from parts

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The Ambiguity of The Female Nude
by Ian McCleary

There is some ambiguity as to the reasons why artists drew from the female nude. It is my belief that it served a dual purpose. The academic gave it a kind of respectable veneer, while underneath it was a way for artists to satisfy their private desires.
Both the visual arts and pornography have centered on the male gaze. This is what makes them serve a similar function to the one viewing it. The subject is fully unaware that someone is looking at her. She is in another place and time from the viewer.

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A Pretty Girl with a Witty Mind/ A Witty Girl with a Lovely Face
by Kiyana Tavakolizadeh

Once was a girl who had a lovely face
With deep blue ocean eyes, shined as sapphire
And lips crimson red, as blossoming tulips
And rosy cheeks that charmed a whole Empire

The girl was known for her bewitching beauty
Petite as roses, striking like a statue
Blessed with wit and ace acuity
Little was known of, by ones attached to


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Popular Famous Poets about Women
  • William Butler Yeats
    William Butler Yeats (81 poems about Women)
    W.B. Yeats] (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939 / County Dublin / Ireland
  • Walt Whitman
    Walt Whitman (71 poems about Women)
    31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892 / New York / United States
  • Carl Sandburg
    Carl Sandburg (44 poems about Women)
    6 January 1878 – 22 July 1967 / Illinois
  • Charles Bukowski
    Charles Bukowski (20 poems about Women)
    16 August 1920 – 9 March 1994 / Andernach
  • George Meredith
    George Meredith (19 poems about Women)
    12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909 / Portsmouth, England
  • John Donne
    John Donne (18 poems about Women)
    24 January 1572 - 31 March 1631 / London, England
  • Lucille Clifton
    Lucille Clifton (14 poems about Women)
    June 27, 1936 - February 13, 2010 / Baltimore, Maryland
  • David Lehman
    David Lehman (11 poems about Women)
    June 11, 1948 / New York City
  • Kalidasa
    Kalidasa (10 poems about Women)
    4th Century - 5th Century / Ujjain / India
  • James Arlington Wright
    James Arlington Wright (10 poems about Women)
    13 December 1927 – 25 March 1980 / Ohio
Popular Poets about Women From Members
  • HIRAETH Mccombs
    HIRAETH Mccombs (1 poems about Women)
    November 18th, 1996 - Elizabeth NJ
  • R D
    R D (1 poems about Women)
  • Daisy 22
    Daisy 22 (1 poems about Women)
    September 26, 2001- India
  • Naomi Lumba
    Naomi Lumba (1 poems about Women)
    February 26, 2002 - Zambia
  • Neo Dore
    Neo Dore (1 poem about Women)
    October 29, 1999- Maryland, Montgomery
  • Joycelyn Eshun
    Joycelyn Eshun (1 poems about Women)
    September 30, 2000- Ghana
  • Priyanka Roy
    Priyanka Roy (1 poems about Women)
    February 26, 1995 - India
  • Thirumala Reddy
    Thirumala Reddy (1 poems about Women)
    February 5, 1997 - Andaman and Nicobar
  • Venkata Naidu
    Venkata Naidu (1 poem about Women)
    April 23, - Bangalore)
  • Pavithra P
    Pavithra P (1 poems about Women)
    February 18, 1997 - India