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Women Poems | Examples of Women Poetry

Women Poems - Examples of all types of women poetry to share and read. This list of women poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of women poetry. This list of works about women is an excellent resource for examples on how to write women poems.
Courage
It starts of quickly and subtle.. Ignoring the warning signs. You've soon become a victim.. Red Flags scream between the lines! Dont allow him to hurt you.. Please listen to what I say! Leave now and be a survivor.. This is not...Read the rest...
Categories: women, abuse, fear, hope, relationship,
Form: Free verse



Fukuda Chiyo-ni haiku translations 2
Fukuda Chiyo-ni Haiku Fukuda Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was a celebrated Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, also known as Kaga no Chiyo. CHIYO-NI POEMS ABOUT WOMEN AND DESIRE How alarming: her scarlet fingernails tending the white chrysanthemums! —Chiyo-ni, loose translation/interpretation...Read the rest...
Categories: women, desire, flower, mother son,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Think Of Nothing But Me
Think of nothing but me, hold no arms, only mine; see what love has done: put these distant hearts together when they refused to surrender: who was the clever one? Think of nothing but me, see what they can't see; another man would...Read the rest...
Categories: women, allusion, fear, longing, love,
Form: Lyric
The Negotiator
She walks in the room with courage swinging in her bag, she looked so cool and had nothing significant to lose, her high heels made her look proud and she weather the storm without a...Read the rest...
Categories: women, america, blessing, celebration, community,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member My Land
My Land This is my land. I will cultivate, love, and cherish my land. I will choose when Spring will come, I will choose my own Husbandman, I will choose if there be none, I will...Read the rest...
Categories: women, abortion, allegory, baby, extended
Form: Free verse



Premium Member From a Passionate Swain a Straightforward Declaration of Love Is Made
I love women who gracefully dance And sweetly sing; and women who Avidly read and who brilliantly think; I love women who love to love— And who despise to hate—and who Receive and give of themselves, as well....Read the rest...
Categories: women, for her, grandmother, inspiration,
Form: Prose Poetry
My Name is Girl by Amenah Manzoor
My name is “Girl” A girl with wings I had a pearl A pearl filled with inks I had a dream A dream to fly I heard a scream A scream, nothing but a lie I am blessed with a gift A gift...Read the rest...
Categories: women, confidence, girl, identity, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The bonfire
Was this simply a predestination or one fate made true? It all happened so fast, just as my eyes can blink from green to blue Paper flowers unfolding; artificial growth of life's prose that show rhymes have...Read the rest...
Categories: women, for her, i miss
Form: Monorhyme
Persia
Persia, my homeland, an ancient domain a realm of poets' refrain memories of love's seasons renew Eternal springs flourish under the sun Where women are cherished, like morning dew Not to be tormented, but wrapped in loves warmth In a life of...Read the rest...
Categories: women, absence, history, humanity, passion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A well
So few have ever understood me on a level well; so deep Even less have I let witness my tears as they seep They come forth in the darkness while others sleep; Thoughts of you can be so...Read the rest...
Categories: women, devotion, romantic, romantic love,
Form: Monorhyme
I AM
I am but a single shuddering whisper trapped beneath the shroud, a lingering fluttering flicker of self indulgent doubt. I am but a small one, an itty bitty insignificant flake of dust, among the sunlight. A little soft, though...Read the rest...
Categories: women, creation, philosophy, universe, woman,
Form: Free verse
Moss
HER FEET IS SMOTHERED BY MOSS, HER ARMS SPROUTING MUSHROOMS, HER LEAFY FINGERS, HER IMPOTENT EYES, HER HAIR HOUSES NESTLINGS, FROZEN BRAIN WITH REBUFFED THOUGHTS, FAINT HEARTED, HER LIPS READ EULOGY OF HER PAST LIFE, HER NOSTRILS BREATHE DRY ICE, HER CHEST HOLDS DRIED...Read the rest...
Categories: depression, wife, women,
Form: Classicism
Volleybelles
Volleybelles body Sport storming goddess So gorgeous beauty....Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, sports, volleyball, women,
Form: Haiku
Lost and Black
A black girl lost in the world, Feeling like she doesn't belong, Her skin is a shade that stands out, In a society that tells her she's wrong. She walks the streets with a heavy...Read the rest...
Categories: women, adventure, africa, anxiety, beautiful,
Form: Rhyme
Her Radiance
Neither the starlight nor the bright of day could end the darkness that confined my soul But the spark of your eyes, to which I turned my gaze Illuminated my life, and made it whole....Read the rest...
Categories: women, beautiful, girl, romance, romantic,
Form: Couplet

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