Woman Poems | Examples of Woman Poetry

She is as fleeting as the koi twice as skittish delicate and pretty life has burned her a naturalist, who loves Thoreau a poet, who enjoys Coleridge She dreams in color a woman who has been hurt To approach her, you must be subtle honesty is the quality she must see at all costs if you try to approach any other way she will shut you...

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I stopped for a moment to cherish the piercing and vivid It was a split-second; behind cloud-like eyelids There's a softness, being caught in their scope Causing sorrows to quickly turn, into genuine hope In my heart secretly chambered, hides your love tender and lush Awakened to dreams that have long been asleep, Whispering our sweet secrets with a gentle hush, As...

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er first time on a board, February 1922, was Muizenberg, South Africa, then again, in August, the lady surfed Honolulu, Hawaii, where, by Duke Kahanamoku, there may have been taught, and in Waikiki lost her shorts. Who would have thought, of all the girls in the whole wide world, she was the sort to shoot the curl. Tho' a novel way to spend the day, no crime this time,...

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One day a few years back I met this woman, that I wasn't sure of is she better than me. One thing for sure is we had been raised and lived life's completely opposite. But I began to listen to talk and to laugh with her. As if we new one another all of...

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I held a ruler to the sky No reason why, I'd just comply They told me dreams should stay below But still, I stretched, I had to know They said "The moon is not for you" "You are just a girl, you'll fade from view" But I would climb up to the roof and whisper stars my quiet truth They called me odd,...

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I saw a woman standing there Her clothes tattered and torn I saw a woman standing there Her face looked so forlorn A women full of worry lines Grey streaks throughout her hair A tear was rolling down her cheek But she was unaware Life had been hard, bitterly cruel Her dreams taken away And yet she’d fought with all her might To face...

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To the strongest Woman I’ve ever known, The brightest light in every Room, Church, Hall and building That she Ever entered. To the strongest Woman I’ve ever known, You never knew How you lit up A room, people’s lives And their souls. To the strongest Woman I’ve ever known, You were strong till Your final days, Inspiring everyone whose Paths crossed with your own. To the strongest Woman I’ve ever known, I’m...

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Please don’t hate me Don’t debate me And you damn sure won’t underrate me Cause I’m here now Gonna show you how I can rise above What you dish out You call my name Play that blame game But I don’t hear you Cause nuthins now the same You showed your true face Left me in disgrace But I rise above Your endless chase I know I hurt bad I’ve been so...

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they said it was the sun, but it was her eyes— blue like drowning, and I looked. I didn’t whistle, I didn’t speak, just looked. they dragged me out like a busted dog from a hot porch, shouting things even the devil would blush at. the rope was older than the tree, and the hate older than that. tell her I forgive her— but never them. ...

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Early each morn before the dawn she primps and prettifies shadows her eyes lines her brows lipstick applies rouges her cheeks powders her nose lacquers her hair files then paints her nails fingers and toes pampers places it never shows and every night washes it all away only to do it go through it all over again exactly the same at sunrise the very next day ...

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Justice alert An Old Lady with strong Faith Knows how to carry to great length Didn’t have to spin to turn into Wonder Woman Wonder Woman Grandma carried every day A Mugger thought an Old Lady being an easy prey He Forget to kneel and pray The Mugger lurked and looked for an opportunity It turned out to be a defeated reality He attacked...

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No matter the subject or topic tho' it may burn will I ever learn would it hurt if my lips were to close as whatever I submit suggest propose she will be myopic nay-say gainsay contradict oppose may as well hold my breath as every word I utter receives the kiss of death and melts in my mouth like butter should I assert it's what...

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"Magdalenes and Eves" Pin the tale on the donkey there’s something in the way She moves a harlot by any other name, pages of Magdalenes and Eves the ruin of every good world of righteous man opened doors and gates to new universal territories before and always will and freedom was still kept tight before the flood birthed doves...

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They start thick— not the polite kind you stir into tea not the mild drizzle on breakfast toast but the kind that runs hot slow dangerous coating your tongue before you grasp the price of its pleasure. They start golden— dripping off the comb sun pressed into their marrow too rich, too syrupy— gumming up the gears of your schemes too...

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