She raised her son and nephew On a housekeeper’s pay She made sure their hearts Knew love every day Her smile was so genuine Her morals so strong Her faith was divine Each trait was life-long She taught me that hard work Paid off in…

The Dinner Party… a poem in 24 parts 20 line poetry… repeat words odd-numbered lines   Invitations   Only asking eight What will I do I have more friends than that I guess for some, the next party will do   parchment paper a fountain…

Bare feet with dwindling heat, entered this world with hope of her own world. The world,gloomy,grimmy disheartened her, every stride frightened her despite she imagined her own world. Rose queen killed by her thorns, left nothing to torn. She rose again with hope of her…

She read to our class about rape and race, More freckles than tears on her beautiful face. She smiled and said reach out anytime, A few months later, I did, when I felt my prime. The kindness was gone, the smile dead. Her rejection drilled…

To be so tall and strong, woman, you must have steel and grace enough to know your lovers were not tightly laced, concealed and the corset that bound you wasn’t a limit, but a cage to stop them from seeing you, unstoppable. Tigress, I wonder….

Write a poem about a famous woman or an influential woman you know personally.

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It was so hard for me to sleep. If the Creator had not created in us the ability to fall asleep, the world would have been filled with sleep junkies: Men and women and girls and boys who are permanently high on the severe dose…

If moonshadow were following me in the gloom i dare not think of what doth loom nor turn my head to see the ghoul or else my limbs would freeze, and who’ll be there to aid, to help me flee the shadows caving in on…

Home is where you drop your mask, forge your armored disguise Doesn’t mean they’re always wrong Sometimes you’ve got to be strong Even when it feels like the world’s falling down, You can still come around Different times and different places sometimes familiar, sometimes strangers…