Best Foolish Woman Poems

Upon this date he spoke no more of the preceding moments, 
Tearing and hurling insult upon insult
In several directions, his tongue whipped and scorched me,
And he waited relentlessly to see the spark in my eyes fade…..
He was so livid by my silence, he began thrashing...

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THE WANDERING WOMAN

“Go tell the Spartans, Passersby--
A foolish woman does here lie.
She tired of each familiar face--
Thus died mid strangers in this place.”...

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A bosom friend, an old woman and spinster,
Is a god-mother of auntie and uncle;
Chosen as their god-parent two years ago,
On their wedding at church in San Francisco,
A famous nuptial…I do hope you all know.

They’ve also chosen her as their counsellor,
At times when they’ve problems or...

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Do you want to know how the pomegranates tasted?
Oh mother dear, would you like to know how they felt?
Like freedom.
Oh mama, don’t you know?
He didn’t kidnap me.
He didn’t have to.
If we’re being honest here,
I stole him.
With all his darkness and silence,
his dark kingdom with no...

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A mysterious man of wonder
lived in a village; anything he could do
to a villager or stranger who
stole his wealth

A man staggered in his kraal
a big bull he took away
“you’ll below like a bull
till you vomit my bull”
The thief bellowed like a bull
two weeks past and...

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Fig tree fruit...fig tree fruit...fig tree fruit
Eaten by toddlers...fig tree fruit!
Gave elders stomach ulcers

Be careful for this is a fishing bridge
Elders warned...
Play not here lest you tumble into the river and drawn
Adamant!....the fig tree fruit

Birds do not play on a sticky trap
They emphasized
Rebellion!....the fig tree...

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Why, why would you lie to me?
Why, why would you pretend to care for me?
Why, why would you look at me and say "you are so smart", 
Why, why would you then laugh at me and depart?

Why did I take the poisonous bait?  Why...

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to spend their fathers treasures
on women and men.
This their father shall barest his new born son which
he had thought to have been his grandchild.
now he rallies to take back with pride
something he never knew he had lost.
"might they clean the streets, and paint their doors,...

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Angie’s blind eyes wander aimlessly in their sockets, 
one white as the belly of a snake, the other a pointless blue.
She has one dress she wears every day, and a cane that is
without tip and has lost most of its red paint.
In the building she...

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A wise woman
Sells her brains,
A foolish woman
Sells her sex,
Real women sell both.

A car, it’s not the make,
It’s what you make it.

You can ride it
On your own,
Or with friends and parents.

When abused
Beyond repair,
You dispose of it.
...

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How can it be
You and I alone in a room yet it just feels like it's me
We came this far to continue to grieve
For I lost him and he lost me
We couldn't see
What it is that we all wanted to be
Following his dreams
While unstitching mine...

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How could you invade my privacy?
The only thing I had left of me. 
You opened the door for the world to explore.
My young mind grew with hate so intense.
it consumed my very sense.
You who supposed to protect me
But instead found more ways of killing me.
And...

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i dont want you anywhere near my apple tree.
now soar.. high above 
but before you reside here
know that i died near                        ...

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TO STAY or TO RUN

The woman lay bloodied on the floor,
Her false friend about to give her one
  more.
Should she remain or get up and run?
She contemplated, as the morning sun
  doth through rooster curtains peek.

Ah, foolish woman, did not understand,
He was lining up others,...

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How can you say I was never there for you!!
When you needed someone to be by you doing the Lord's Work,
did I not try to give you support when there was no one.
When your feet hurt did I not rub them, I cooked for you,...

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