Dr. Margaret Saine, USA

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NYMPHOMANIA

Nymphs aren’t we all

now we can safe and soundly

admit it

without getting clobbered

Any woman would like to

take a walk

through the brain of the man

who invented nymphomania

if at least he had called it

nymphism or nymphitis

The sexy stuff is ok

but what woman

remotely

wants to be a maniac?

Let’s do a bit of nymphology here

the nymphs of myth and history

were all between chaste and comely

hither-coming maybe

but all without exception

seduced by men

not seducing them so

whence comes nymphomania

if not from the addled mind of

of of...

Well, that guy with the dim

dirty patriarchal mind and

the socks washed a shining

white by his wife

Dr. Margaret Saine was born in Germany and lives in California. She has taught French and Hispanic literatures and writes in five languages, also translating other poets between these languages. Her books of poetry in English are “Bodyscapes”, “Words of Art, “Lit Angels”, “Gardens of the Earth” and “A Book of Travel. Saine has also published four poetry books and a childhood memoir in Germany. She has written over 5 000 haiku and has several manuscripts in Italian, French and Spanish ready for publication.

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Best of Women Poetry -2020 :: Setu, March 2020