Philosophy Women Poems

I am but a single shuddering whisper trapped beneath the shroud,

a lingering fluttering flicker of self indulgent doubt.

I am but a small one, an itty...

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I see them on the internet,
women complain, haven’t stopped yet,
rail on about their college debt;
we told you, you were warned.

your teachers told you: “Get a...

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"The Road Less Traveled"

Not all roads diverge in a wood,
Some lead to places misunderstood.
They wind and twist, never straight,
Leading us to a different fate.

While others...

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Far from educations superstition
In the barren fields they planted their tyranny 
Where the pagan made a cross of stars
In the green lands of their mysticism

Yet...

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Those sleepless nights,
those black spots under her eyes.
Those uncombed hairs
those inner fights!
She is building on her own,
and trust me, removing each black cloud 
she will...

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"a long walk to reach my destination. 
                 ...

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As she moved in the cramp, dingy, damp space
her heart pounding, her muscles tightened with fear 
All she knew she had to do is find...

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Amber in your eyes
Crimson are your lips
Ivory is your skin
Sweet is your sin
Smooth are your hips
Here are your lives
Between pillars of fire
Stone, golden is your...

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Leather boots 
tight black suits 
skin hot bound 
in knots cutting 
sweet the heat 
Burns in between 
the pleasure 
of the pain 
the sweat 
of...

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A white dress 
a figure at rest
The grace of the west
A white dress
Elegant and built to impress
A white dress forlorn and driven apart
An empire in...

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People usually compare women to:
Slimming trees, or beautiful flowers
Showing elegance, and emitting fragrance...

I would rather compare men to:
A Piece of land, or a pile of...

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there came a time,
more than a moment
pained and slow, 
begging to surrender.

regrets flew, hopes landed
tears swam, games ended....

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Woe is me such a poor man
Woe is me
Woeme
Woemen
Woman
Womban
Womb an
Womb of an
Womb of man
Born in the womb of a man
Nature disgruntled
Humanity Confused
Unfounded Mind
On a WIMs...

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Near Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch

On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we...

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Don’t tell me the stars
stopped to dream.
Don’t tell me the birds don’t fly.
Don’t tell me the kids
stopped crying.
Don’t tell me the lovers are lost.
Observes occur...

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