Exclusive: Best of Women Poetry: Edited by Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy
OUR LIBERTIES
I was born in a
village afar
from what they
call urban civilization
my skin is not
white but smooth
my eyes big and of
a light blue
beautiful and
attractive they say
is my body
more than so many
women
in richer lands
that can go
shopping and
buy any and
everything they want
to satisfy even
their tiniest wishes
But, it is not
this that I complain of
I've no
recognition of what I am
and treated as a
second-rate species
no comfort at home
and
a hard work to
endure
I long there will
come a day
when my sisters
and I
can live our lives
in full
get our liberties
as human beings
without
restrictions or limits
as it was to be
since the world's
dawn
Dr. Maria Miraglia an
educationist, poet, translator, peace activist and a recipient of numerous
awards and recognitions, has been for long, an active member of Amnesty
International besides being the founder
of WFP and a member of Ican, of the International Observatory for Information
and Human Rights, a founding member and literary director of P. Neruda,
honorary member of Nationes Unidas de las Letras, and an advisory member of
several editorial boards. Her poems in Italian and English have been featured
in several reputed poetry anthologies. She also regularly She collaborates for
poetry with numerous national and international newspapers and magazines.
Best of Women Poetry -2020 :: Setu, March 2020
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