![]() It couldn’t have been easy to choose only sixteen, when so many poets deserve a seat at the table, but those chosen are a revelation.Ĭlockwise from top left: Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Spirit de la Mare, Leah Moore, Salena Godden, Stav B, Nana Ghana The sixteen international poets who have contributed to the #Woman anthology are marvels. But the very first poem in the anthology, “The Whale in the Cherry Blossom” by Salena Godden, sets the tone and assures us that birth is a vast concept, as broad and deep and fluid and influential as water. ![]() Birth by no means defines a woman – either giving birth or experiencing it. The #Woman anthology is organised around three themes: birth, growth and adolescence. That is, what we’re told to believe often doesn’t reflect our lived experience. In an interview with Wall Street International, they explain how the anthology’s title is a reference to Alfred Korzybski’s well-known saying that “the map is not the territory”. Visionary editors Rita Osei and Michelle Olley have done wonders to compile an anthology of women’s poetry that matches our modern sensibilities and speaks to us of the times in which we live. How dare you think, and speak, and try to silence our voices when we shadowsplain and tell you how the world REALLY works? ![]() What are you, you woman-thing? You oddly-made creature? They cup their hands to whisper in your ear from birth till death. The world’s shadows just love to whisper in your ear from the sanctity of dark places, don’t they? They’re so bloody awful, those shadows. ![]()
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