Women Books Poems

I placed my head between my knees to have a good look at the trees beneath me; I held it there for some time and...

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When I was a lad
And still wet behind the ears
Things often puzzled me
And was too young to understand
Like the saying the Birds 
And the Bees

I...

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It started with a blank canvas,
the world I should make but I am anxious.
Making fields of pretty flowers,
to the deep blue seas takes many hours.
Mountains...

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Christmas Rush

I was in a busy street and walked into a bookshop to buy a book for my sister as a gift
Back then when a...

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I wish I could go back there again to capture the essence of the time recapturing every word you speak and recalling the stillness in...

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we share a girly* laugh at what they teach,
Julie and I, at history lessons,
events so old, they are so out of reach,
conquests, battles and what...

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The value of books


Late afternoon, the sun has left the terrace and is in the back throwing up dust before reluctantly slinking west and sinking...

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James Bond
quintessential gentleman
ultra cool, calm, collected, candid spy
he does things others can never hope to do
his living quarters are classy and glassy
all women want him...

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Q.What flexibility Islam has given to women???
only women are permitted to wear silken garments.
only women may wear gold ornaments,jewellery etc.
Islam gave women the right to...

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I warned you about Mother telling her stories.
I warned you,
but you wouldn’t listen.

I warned you about the magic
of golem and djinn,
about lilac walks 
and mysterious...

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I
You have a vivid mind, heart, vocabulary
A lover of God, I make excuses (true, right)
Yes, South Africa fails us in electricity
Still, Shakespeare worked by candlelight

II
I...

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Before Matilda, before Harry Potter and Hermione Granger,
When I was a child, there was Pippi Longstocking, full of danger.
Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden were my...

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There's nothing you can get done in life without

                ...

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When I was a child all of the faerie tale heroines were blonde.
Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Gretel, Tinkerbelle and Goldie Locks.
Being brunette does not make sense...

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When I was young,                     ...

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