Saturday, December 11, 2010

Common Language

Silk with strength of steel
Bamboo swaying in the wind
Pliant bodies that must bend
Eyes behind shuttered veils

Quiet eyes that own the world
Inner fortress never scaled
One common language all
The daily lives of woman


(c)Anne Darrison                         
from Poet's Domain, Vol 25
Live Wire Press, Charlottesville, VA

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