If you have read The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant, you will get the context of this collection of poems.
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Hints of mangled details of savagery and revenge
in silent draw of curtains over portals32 lines, 1 comment, on May 6 11:41 AM
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A broken screen on a demanding door,
clapping for attention ~27 lines, 1 comment, on May 6 11:32 AM. In Spiritual
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her hands know ways of wrapping
songs of lineage that braid herself in33 lines, 4 comments, on May 7 5:34 AM. In Spiritual
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I had four daughters, three who live
to tell their garden stories of me:59 lines, 2 comments, on May 7 10:36 AM. In Creative
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spring birds and hanging hoops
singing their hearts out to draw butter mallow37 lines, 5 comments, on May 9 12:53 AM. In Nature
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She had eyes that burned holes in robes of men
right where heart races to know35 lines, 5 comments, on May 9 8:14 AM. In Spiritual
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Zilpah whispered with gods and goddesses:
Thunder spoke a god’s name and told her28 lines, 4 comments, on May 9 1:33 PM. In Spiritual
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Tasting clouds with the tips of her fingers, Bilhah bent,
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Some men just disgust me; their baser reactions and actions.
I had not thought it was in their very DNA,44 lines, 2 comments, on May 11 1:02 PM. In Society
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Joseph wept at Rachel’s beauty,
light running its fingers through her hair39 lines, 3 comments, on May 12 1:03 PM. In Society
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30 lines, 11 comments, on May 12 3:46 PM. In Adult
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Everywhere she turned, things were giving fruit:
Pomegranate trees bloomed and became big-bellied with seed;43 lines, 3 comments, on May 12 11:04 PM
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What is left of the Goddess
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Jacob wove words that made tattered tapestry:
El down to Isaac, his language drew lines,37 lines, 3 comments, on May 15 6:49 AM. In Society
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We were all whispered alive by our mothers,
taught the ways of a woman by her grace, or lack thereof,46 lines, 2 comments, on May 16 7:06 AM
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Wherever we go, we take our Gods with us:
Whether inherited or high jacked, rubbed raw34 lines, 4 comments, on May 17 8:09 AM. In Life
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Laugh like brooklets, weep like a tiny clouds,
sweat under a woman’s work, or a man, -
Does root of tree forget its summer’s laughter,
or fall’s dance, or winter’s cruel tear? -
A heel-grabber stole is brother’s blessing
then moved within that shadow35 lines, 8 comments, on May 18 9:45 AM. In Society
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How do you appease gods of little birds, caught in cages,
swinging on a fragile branch of family? -
Nightbird songs in folds of The Red Tent
where steaming cakes twines with air and songs42 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 7:55 AM. In Society
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They say there are women, who would swallow dust,
desperate in their shunning, their isolation, their sorrow38 lines, 1 comment, on May 22 6:47 PM
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We were put out to die because we were odd,
or different, or not; but, like Leah, some were saved59 lines, 2 comments, on May 22 7:00 PM. In Society
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I shall tell you a true-life story. I am Inana’s daughter:
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I watched her move away
further and further until she was a static pinprick -
this water is not ours,
we have no name for these streams,52 lines, 1 comment, on May 24 8:49 AM. In Society -
There is an ache in the hallway before the door,
even now, after many fires and many quick getaways;31 lines, 1 comment, on May 24 8:52 AM -
The body as a battleground knows songs
of god’s to evoke, knows words for sacrifice,28 lines, 3 comments, on May 24 9:05 AM. In Society -
Strange land of seclusion, where wildflowers
cradle a parallel promise and fear,32 lines, 4 comments, on May 24 9:17 AM. In Society -
Sweet face that turned to gaze on this sad shadow,
follow me on my journey to her33 lines, 2 comments, on May 24 9:31 AM. In Society -
In ‘tween and twine of shadows
shade gives succor as service50 lines, on May 24 9:47 AM. In Friendship
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I never thought for a moment
that there could be anything more than fondness,44 lines, 1 comment, on May 24 10:44 AM -
How many of us died horrible deaths
and lived through it?38 lines, 4 comments, on May 24 11:53 AM. In Society -
Lady of wisdom and tranquility, healer of women and goddess by heart,
take up these girls that the world has had its way with,42 lines, 1 comment, on May 24 1:06 PM -
Listen to the softness of this wind
that carries an unfamiliar scent;
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