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Lisa Wilderman 1968 (Wisconsin)

January 24 
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Touching the woman, hands on her most secret places.
This is fine, he says.
No, she says.
A pulling away, a tussle of sorts.
This is fine, he says.
No, she says.
And on and on until the end when, because she has no compass, she shrinks and shrinks.
And thinks: this is fine.

About this poem

This is a small story of a woman who has no sense of self and acquiesces to things even though she does not want them.

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Written on January 02, 2024

Submitted by melibra68 on January 02, 2024

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Scheme abCCdCCef
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 279
Words 63
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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Lisa Wilderman

I began writing poetry when I was a small girl. It all started with my two obsessions at the time: my grandparents’ Smith-Corona typewriter and clouds. I also possess a word-obsessed mind and a vivid imagination, so poetry writing feels natural to me. more…

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