Daughters of the Earth
Daughters of the Earth, your path is strewn with stones
sharp enough to sever determination from your bones.
Nothing is as it should be anymore. Our hearts
are on the ground. Our inheritance is shattered.
Daughters of the Earth, your spirit is in danger
of suffocation. Old ideas will crush it. Indifference
will rob your house of meaning. Men are deaf
to your songs, but you must sing them anyway.
Daughters of the Earth, wisdom will save you
from being swallowed by conformity. Do not grieve
for the world of your ancestors,
but create a new horizon from the gifts
they left on the pathways of your mind.
About this poem
From Sacred Fire, 1998, by Nancy Wood
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Submitted on November 19, 2023
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| Scheme | AAXX XXXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 608 |
| Words | 114 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
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