Superwoman

It is Women's History Month plus it was International Women's Day just the other day. So I want poems written about the power of women. It can be someone you look up to or just about any women in general. For example, it can be your mom or a stranger you met on the street. Whoever it is put some fire and punch into it (think of it as someone who is like Superwoman).

Here are the rules (there are really not all that many of them):

*2 entries per person (of any length)

*new or old pieces

*Can rhyme (not required)

*3 weeks

Please feel free to DM me if you have any comments, questions or concerns. Ready, set and go!!

Example Entry:

Working Hard

She can set everything on fire,
But she would never stop and take
Notice. She only feels her own desire

For success. She wants to make
Every man feel weak and powerless.
She is never the one who will fake

Her own confidence. She is the mess
And chaos. She is also the calm
And will never be the one to confess

Her sins to the greedy. Her palm
Faces up not to surrender, but to
Help those who need it. She is a bomb

In the making, never taking shit from you
Because she is built from the ground
Up. Do not run to her when you screw

And mess it all up because she is bound
To not care about your pathetic excuses.
She is death, quiet without making a sound.

She never apologizes for her bruises
Or ugly scars. You should be the one who
Is running scared. She chooses

To see her life from the top window and view
Without being selfish. She works hard for
The money. She sees past everything that blew

Up. She has made the choice to restore
Her own happiness, trust and faith.
I caution you to think extremely hard before

She comes to destroy you like a wraith.
She does not float in the light like a halo,
But she also refuses to forever bathe

In the darkness like a lost child with yellow
Hair like the sunlight. Watch out for the
Lava that is coming out of her like a volcano.

Thanks AEMelia564 for kicking things off!! Thank you for your wonderful entry.

Thanks Jade and gifteth for your wonderful entries!!

You’re very welcome, Es Sister, a pleasure... and my thanks for this competition!  

Thanks mel for your wonderful entry!!

bravest woman I know


she sits at the table
remnants of familiar scattered
where fingers can casually caress
foundation stones to ground her
when all else is adrift
she packed her life in a 5 by 7 space
took a trembling breath
turned and walked away
casting comfort to the wind
she gathered the tattered scraps
of what she held dear
and defied her thundering heart
leaving everything she knew
taking a chance
braving more than she'd ever planned
and as steam slowly rises from her cup
I watch with a smile
and more pride than I can express
listening to the clicks of her words
into the silence of the room
she has love all around
welcoming arms have been found
and I hope more than anything
she feels
she has at last come home

Thank you FromTheAsh for your wonderful entry!!

Where Did You Get Your Strength From?

Where did you get your strength from?
Was it your love, your family, or your faith?
How did you manage to run this home?
With work and all of life’s worries you faced?

Where did you find that unstoppable resolve?
To teach us lessons we weren’t taught in school,
Did you make yourself an example just for us?
So we’d learn how life can be rewarding and also cruel?

How did you find the patience and the fortitude?
To deal with us even when we didn’t know you were tired,
Was it because you loved us beyond what we knew?
Because to this day it’s something that I still admire.

I can’t begin to imagine all that you sacrificed,
All that you gave up to meet our needs and more,
The nights you must’ve prayed and days you worked,
The battles you must’ve faced and all you stood for.

I can’t start to fathom all the years of ups and downs,
The triumphs, the frustrations and the tears you shed,
Being resilient in your belief, being strong by yourself,
Knowing that you would be the one to propel us ahead.

Mom, you and grandma have been great examples,
Of the love and determination a mother can possess,
Teaching us that we don’t need magic or superpowers,
But guidance and patience, and for that I am blessed.

Thank you wallyroo92 for your entry!!