Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo

Monday, March 7, 2011

Text of "Women Are Not Roses"

"Women Are Not Roses"

Women have no
beginning
only continual
flows.

Though rivers flow
women are not
rivers.

Women are not
roses
they are not oceans
or stars.

I would like to tell
her this but
I think she
already knows.

1 comment:

  1. Have a happy onomastico from a woman who was so inspired by this poem that she made it a central factor in her key collection of poems! Many happy returns!

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