Tradition weighs her down, petticoat rebellion becomes a new fad, she just can’t bear to watch or to see, as her daughter falls into a well Out of the spell they were all under She can’t cope with the suspicion gnawing open all the memories, she doesn’t want to know how she softly allowed ignorance [...]
Ritual by Keija Kaarina Parssinen
A mineral comfort amidst cold marble and glass. Women have done this before. Look upon my cracked brass mirror-face; hear the xylophone of mother’s million bangles: deep gong of thin gold against thick; the singing of engraved palm fronds rubbed to gleaming. Memory’s gift, her face. Here, a rotunda of kohl and mica. My fingers [...]
Sano by Tina Gagliardi
There is no one clear thing. Only the rush flood of memory, stealing toward us keeping its promise And words, our last refuge before soft silence. All the misinterpretations Over a lifetime I leave this to you If only in hours, or minutes There is one pure movement. Let her stay inside moments of uncertainty [...]
Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin :: A Year of Days
Maramures is a rugged and independent area where traditions have lasted due to the isolation of geography and the neglect of history. The Romans conquered Romania in the early 2nd century AD but they never went as far north as Maramures. The valleys of the Mara and Iza rivers lead nowhere, meaning strangers have always [...]
Marjan Zahed Kindersley :: Contemplations on the Bra
Pleasure is a rather simple, yet complex subject. In the basest of terms it can relate to a pleasant state of being. However, on a larger, theoretical platform it consists of a series of subjective ideas implicating both the individual and society at large. The pleasure that I experience from hearing the click of my [...]
Denise Parsons :: An Artist Reaches Out to Her Generation
by Misty K. Ericson As the flame dims and extinguishes over the lights of so many of our founding mothers these days, it signals a time for the ushering in of a new generation of young women, artists, and activists, who will lend their voices to the critical issues of our time: women of vision, [...]
