Feminism in Literature

Women and Women's Writings from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages | Three Beautiful Sisters, Orphaned Young

We used to hear about the south,
its splendid fresh appearance

now it's these eastern neighbors
these sisters three

up in the loft, inspecting their trousseaus
reciting a verse about parrots

sitting by blue-green windows
embroidering phoenix garments

their courtyard filled with colorful petals
like red smoke, billowing unevenly

their cups full of good green wine
tasted one by one

…

It's dreadful, staring into the mystic pond,
knowing you'll always be female

banished from heaven, stuck in this life,
unable to do what men do

a poet who happens to have some beauty,
ends up being compared

to a gorgeous woman who's silent—
that makes me feel ashamed

me, singing solo love songs
upon this vanishing zither
plucking the four strings softly
murmuring the...

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