Sally Eslinger Poet Free verse

The Gathered Women, a Short Poem

++ The Gathered Women, a short poem++ 

A Magnificence captures
Us
Unexpectedly
We run off
To hunt our mantillas 
   From long ago youth
To address
And dress our heads
In all felt humility

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(c) sally young eslinger 2/21/22

**a mantilla is a lace veil
Catholic women wore to church
before the 1990’s

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Rico Leffanta February 22, 2022 at 10:55 AM All because Paul thought the beauty of a woman's hair distracted the angels! Aloha!

Joseph P. DiMino February 21, 2022 at 4:11 PM Yes, I remember as a young boy, women always wore them to church. I thought them beautiful, spiritual -- but I also liked better the Latin Mass though I could not understand a word. What do I know, an old derilict. Love this write. Stirred something near my soul.