Ghairo Daniels Poet Free verse

Retrenched Women

The soul aches
    numbs the brain
          images float away of women
             crying, laughing, ironing sheets
thinking about jobs and sex
         finding work 
              cooking cheap spaghetti


Playing with malnourished children
     recovering from trauma, turmoil
        turbulence, schizophrenia
             from wombing life 
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                             g

            garlands with O P E N hands

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Susan Woodrow September 12, 2022 at 11:52 AM Awesome write! Short and yet relaying so much Those two ending lines!! :)

Carol Sunshine Brown July 11, 2012 at 1:18 PM It was such a pleasure to read your poetry today Ghairo. I hope to be able in the next few weeks to find the time and energy to read and comment. May you walk through the garden of inspiration and continue to write and share your poetry with us. Love, Carol