Splash on me
As waterfalls will
Hail down on me
Like rain storms will
Crash into me
Like great oceans will
And I will be unbroken
Sear my skin
Like a wildfire will
Puncture my soul
Like arrows will
Spear my heart
Like a great sword will
And I will be unshaken
by LAKMI
© All rights reserved 2018
all the oceans of the world
do not have enough water
to extinguish the wildfire
within a squirting woman
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Oh my! 😮
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I mean this as highest praise: This reminds me of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Obviously, I refer to “I Am a woman” but also to several other of her poems as well. They describe and unshakable, unmovable spirit of the woman who is sure of herself, proud of herself and able to do anything she sets her mind to.
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Thank you so much for this amazing feedback, Rae, and for sharing it on the ‘Powerful Women Readers’ site. I think Lakmi’s poem here is very much in the tradition of the late great Maya Angelou.
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Maya Angelou has been my hero since back in the 80’s when I went to hear her read in nearby Houston. I have read all 7 volumes of her autobiography and taught the first one. Just to think it would take seven books to tell one’s life story…AMAZING role model for us all, writers and ordinary folk alike.
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SEVEN books?! That’s pretty amazing! 😮
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Very intense and well written! ❤
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And a timely reminder too! Thanks for visiting!
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Thank you ever so much for featuring my poetry!!!!
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The honour is ours, to have such fine poetry grace our little blog! 🙂
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Beautifully written with such a powerful message of endurance. Loved it!
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You can see why we absolutely had to share it!
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Yes, definitely!
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Wow…the incantatory power of this piece is beautiful
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That’s a good way of putting it! 😉
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conviction
under fire 🙂
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Absolutely. 😉
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This… thank you for sharing this, you guys, especially this morning. I needed to read this.
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We’re glad it helped you, trE! Thank you so much for reading as always! 🙂
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You’re very welcome.
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