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Rita Odeh



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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Today We Scream



3rd Woman SCREAM
International Poetry Festival
March2013






I don't reject being a woman
I reject your attitude towards me
for being a woman





I can be
your swallow
if you promise
not to be
a cage




The Cross of Silence

They have hung me on a cross
since I was born
Saying: female.
They nailed my hands
on the tree of Time,
They nailed my legs
on the cross of injustice
Saying:" female .. female!"
By and by,
they brainwashed my thoughts with fire.
They planted a tree
which keeps withering
in the fields
of my freewill.
They taught me
the alphabet of grief.
They made me wear
all the masks of silence,
saying:
"Ah .. female
Just a female..! "




Double Attitude

I sought refuge
in your hand
chasing
the wheat of affection
I found out
that it can also beat





Facts

A tongue that
cannot say: NO!
isn't a tongue
of a human being





turquoise sky-
the sunflower turns
towards dawn





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11 comments:

  1. Such beautiful writing! I especially love "I can be your swallow if you promise not to be a cage". Fantastic!!!! Oh that "just a female" - we females are totally remarkable beings............hear us roar! Loved all of these, especially the turquoise sky.....and the sunflower turning towards dawn.

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  2. Your voice rings out from half way around the world like a beautiful bell. Your words on behalf of women never lose the beauty of poetry. I found the 'wheat of affection' turned to beating especially potent.

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  3. Just a female - If the world could learn to remove the word "just" from its psyche when referring to us women, we wouldn't be screaming.

    A beautiful, powerful write.

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  4. wow, i too am really struck by the strength of your "wheat of affection" stanza. don't stop speaking out!

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  5. Beautiful verses, specially the alphabet of grief and tongue ~~

    A treat to read this evening ~

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  6. Brilliance, here! So glad you shared. So glad I read.

    http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2013/03/03/across-the-world/

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  7. Stunning. Left me speechless. The Cross of Silence is amazing.

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  8. Thanks a lot for supporting our Woman Scream. Let it be heard!

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  9. Dear friends, thank you all for reading my poems, my pain, YOURs!

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  10. I read three of the ubove poems in the festival for women in Tel Aviv, yesterday.

    http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=hBA0PVR4KlA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhBA0PVR4KlA%26feature%3Dyoutu.be

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