Best Menstruation Poems


I Am a Woman

Every month, I loose blood.
My , abdomen, every part of my body - gives me pain..
For days.. I cry, I hardly move.
I'm a woman that owns a complicated body.
 that bleeds and breasts that are hard to carry..
But does that matter? 
when from my  an infant comes
and when my breasts give milk and warmth.
Every pain comes to its minimal
then grows beautiful
when it comes to know its significance.
I share every part of my body,
giving its everything
..to such an extent,
that my body remains not mine
it shares its owner.

A Woman

A woman is strong.
She is loving and wise.

She endures,
She moves hearts,
She laughs and she cries.

She nurtures,
She commends,
She supports and she mends.

All for the sake of her children and friends.

A woman does all this,
And yet,
She suffers the dreaded menstruation.

In modern countries,
She can go to the store and buy things like tampons,
Tampons and pads.
Then she'll be on her way.

She'll be on with her life,
Being a mother, a worker, and a friend.

But in developing countries,
What does she get?

She must stay at home,
Struggling with the bloodstained fabrics and floors,
That look like an accident that had happened during her chores.

She must keep bringing water, to and fro,
She must push on, but even still,
She is struggling.

She can't enter the places of worship,
She is seen as dirty and unclean,
For a natural process that she can't control.

She is sent out into huts,
Small and windowless.
She is sent there with her children,
Because of the blood that shows she is fertile.

A woman is strong and powerful.
She endures hardships greater than some.

She endures sexism and racist remarks,
She endures life and corrupt society,
She endures every day with heavy anxiety.

Every woman deserves to be treated like a queen,
For her endurance,
For her compassion,
For her loving beam.

A woman is strong,
In ways that cannot be seen,
But must be heard, felt, and remembered.
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Menstruation

menstruation
© rajat kanti chakrabarty
2014                 


                                             
                                                    she bleeds 
                                                    innocence


Premium Member Blood Red Girl

(to a blues riff)

You're a blood red girl
You're a blood red girl
You're a blood red girl, you're a woodshed girl,
You're a good good girl.

You're a good good girl
You're a good good girl
You're a blood red girl, you're a woodshed girl
You're a good good girl.

You're a bloodshed girl
You're a bloodshed girl
You're a spit-curl girl, roller derby girl
You're a good good girl.

I Am a Woman

Every month, I loose blood.
My , abdomen, every part of my body - gives me pain..
For days.. I cry, I hardly move.
I'm a woman that owns a complicated body.
 that bleeds and breasts that are hard to carry..
But does that matter? 
when from my  an infant comes
and when my breasts give milk and warmth.
Every pain comes to its minimal
then grows beautiful
when it comes to know its significance.
I share every part of my body,
giving its everything
..to such an extent,
that my body remains not mine
it shares its owner.

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