O Woman
Free Verse37 total reviews
Comment from June Sargent
I was really touched by your sentiments expressed in this freeverse. What some women have to endure in their lifetime is beyond comprehension. They deserve our compassion and admiration. Thank you for sharing this lovely tribute.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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I was really touched by your sentiments expressed in this freeverse. What some women have to endure in their lifetime is beyond comprehension. They deserve our compassion and admiration. Thank you for sharing this lovely tribute.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello June. Thanks so much for your wonderful comments. I know it is rough and real... but I felt it and had to write it :). Hugs.
Melissa
Comment from Boogienights
I appreciate this poem. Women do indeed bleed for the world, it hits hard when they watch thier sons, husband's, fathers give thier lives in war. You have written a very thought provoking poem, thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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I appreciate this poem. Women do indeed bleed for the world, it hits hard when they watch thier sons, husband's, fathers give thier lives in war. You have written a very thought provoking poem, thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Sharon. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
Comment from Bill Schott
This free verse, O Woman, reminds the readers that women bear the brunt of stabilization of a family while the men create chaos and bring home their manly tales.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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This free verse, O Woman, reminds the readers that women bear the brunt of stabilization of a family while the men create chaos and bring home their manly tales.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Thanks so much, Bill!!
Melissa
Comment from PoemsOfDD
This free verse poem has so much strength of words and conviction. The repeat phrase - you bleed - really minces in well to further the message and meaning to the validation of women. The picture is a well known face and remembered - as many woman should be - for their stoic resilience and silent suffering. This also allows the reader to drift in thought and think how true women themselves are being undermined today but by a different pathway of time, present time - but that shall be left unsaid as it leads into sport and false advertising. Thank you for sharing this reflective write.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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This free verse poem has so much strength of words and conviction. The repeat phrase - you bleed - really minces in well to further the message and meaning to the validation of women. The picture is a well known face and remembered - as many woman should be - for their stoic resilience and silent suffering. This also allows the reader to drift in thought and think how true women themselves are being undermined today but by a different pathway of time, present time - but that shall be left unsaid as it leads into sport and false advertising. Thank you for sharing this reflective write.
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello DD. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
Comment from Jim Wile
This was a beautiful poem about the role women play and the sacrifice they make to keep their world running, especially in a land like Afghanistan. But this is true to an extent everywhere. You've chosen such a hauntingly beautiful photo too of that Afghan "woman" with those piercing eyes to reflect the travails of women, from the child-rearing, to the caring for the aged as the men are off, occupied in their pursuits. I really enjoyed this. Jim
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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This was a beautiful poem about the role women play and the sacrifice they make to keep their world running, especially in a land like Afghanistan. But this is true to an extent everywhere. You've chosen such a hauntingly beautiful photo too of that Afghan "woman" with those piercing eyes to reflect the travails of women, from the child-rearing, to the caring for the aged as the men are off, occupied in their pursuits. I really enjoyed this. Jim
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Jim. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
Comment from Heather Knight
Beautiful poem, Melissa. You're also good at free verse.
The topic is an interesting one (very relevant nowadays) and I've always loved that picture and the story behind it.
Good luck in the contest.x
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Beautiful poem, Melissa. You're also good at free verse.
The topic is an interesting one (very relevant nowadays) and I've always loved that picture and the story behind it.
Good luck in the contest.x
Comment Written 14-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Maria. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
Comment from country ranch writer
A 12 year old is considered a full woman really.selling her off is no excuse or Mary her off to some no name . It's a sun ti fornicate with a child just because she can have a period or bring forth a child. She's a child having a child no matter how you cut it,.
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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A 12 year old is considered a full woman really.selling her off is no excuse or Mary her off to some no name . It's a sun ti fornicate with a child just because she can have a period or bring forth a child. She's a child having a child no matter how you cut it,.
Comment Written 13-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Barbara. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
Comment from Wendy G
An excellent entry for the Free Verse contest. Your theme is original, creative, and wonderfully expressed with thought and care. The accompanying photo is compelling - very well chosen. To me this is a winner.
Wendy
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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An excellent entry for the Free Verse contest. Your theme is original, creative, and wonderfully expressed with thought and care. The accompanying photo is compelling - very well chosen. To me this is a winner.
Wendy
Comment Written 13-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Wendy. Thank you so much for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments and gift of stars!!
Melissa
Comment from judiverse
Isn't that an amazing picture. Those eyes are unforgettable. It's happening again with the Afghan women. Once the U.S. forces left, the women had been set back. The Taliban wants to keep them under control, so education for women has been cut off. Your free verse is very powerful. You so forcefully show the plight of the women. They are almost like slaves as the men go off and do as they please. As you suggest, though, it's really the women who keep things going at home. Good luck in the contest. judi
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Isn't that an amazing picture. Those eyes are unforgettable. It's happening again with the Afghan women. Once the U.S. forces left, the women had been set back. The Taliban wants to keep them under control, so education for women has been cut off. Your free verse is very powerful. You so forcefully show the plight of the women. They are almost like slaves as the men go off and do as they please. As you suggest, though, it's really the women who keep things going at home. Good luck in the contest. judi
Comment Written 13-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 14-Apr-2023
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Hello Judi. Thank you for your insightful review. Its a bit rough and real, but I felt the need to write it. :). So appreciate your comments!!
Melissa
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You're welcome. Those women have really suffered great setbacks since the Taliban are now in charge. judi
Comment from Brandon Clark
Thanks for posting and entering a piece with an important message. I've nearly completed reading Doris Kearns Goodwins "No Ordinary Time" and your poem elicited many scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt and the extraordinary litany of activity and achievement she pursued and accomplished in a bit of role reversal as she traveled so extensively as Franklin could not with his disability.
When she visited England during WW2 she was constantly moving to meet as many people as possible and the British adored her for it.
A British reporter that had followed her around finally gave up when Roosevelt entered a four story building without elevators and scaled the stairs to the top after a grueling day of meetings and activities.
The reporter asked her, after the meeting, if she ever missed a time for an activity she'd set in her life or simply wore out and Roosevelt replied something similar to: never as far as she knew; Why?
The reporter replied: because I'm completely exhausted! (not verbatim but essentially the same)
Sorry for the ramble...
Very poignant and important post! Thanks for sharing and best of luck in the contest!
Brandon
reply by the author on 13-Apr-2023
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Thanks for posting and entering a piece with an important message. I've nearly completed reading Doris Kearns Goodwins "No Ordinary Time" and your poem elicited many scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt and the extraordinary litany of activity and achievement she pursued and accomplished in a bit of role reversal as she traveled so extensively as Franklin could not with his disability.
When she visited England during WW2 she was constantly moving to meet as many people as possible and the British adored her for it.
A British reporter that had followed her around finally gave up when Roosevelt entered a four story building without elevators and scaled the stairs to the top after a grueling day of meetings and activities.
The reporter asked her, after the meeting, if she ever missed a time for an activity she'd set in her life or simply wore out and Roosevelt replied something similar to: never as far as she knew; Why?
The reporter replied: because I'm completely exhausted! (not verbatim but essentially the same)
Sorry for the ramble...
Very poignant and important post! Thanks for sharing and best of luck in the contest!
Brandon
Comment Written 13-Apr-2023
reply by the author on 13-Apr-2023
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Hello Brandon. thank you for your wonderful review and comments. I really enjoyed reading about Eleanor Roosevelt... such an awesome lady. :)
Melissa