The Poetic Political
Fumings of a Feisty Feminist
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I get excited as I journey through poetry, never knowing where these winding roads will lead. I follow as it seems to take over and guide me along, confident in its path, knowing it is the journey in itself I seek…not what I will find at the end. Today’s journey has been emotional and painful, yet I am grateful. I went from researching “poetry in prison programs”, to a Ted Talk, to Dante’s Inferno. And just as Dante’s Inferno starts along a path…so have I. In his poem he talks about a place where “all the universe’s ill are stored" (hell/prison) .https://www.ted.com/talks/cristina_domenech_poetry_that_frees_the_soul?language=en#t-30047 "The Gates of Hell" sculpture by Auguste Rodin, 1917. Inspired by Dante's Inferno. Our prison’s overflow
With those we seek to hide Thrown in hell’s confines Satan savagely presides. Tortured by their future. Tormented by their past Hollowed hearts haunt The lonely, lost outcast. Prisoners amassed In hell that is eternal Our modern jail cell Dante’s Seventh Ring Inferno.
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Poetry by: AsherahAlthough she was selectively edited out of the Bible two thousand years ago, she raises her voice for women today in hopes of a better tomorrow, as she makes waves of change, one poem at a time. Archives
May 2020
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