Voice of a Poetess

By: Azza El Wakeel

(Extract of the poem)

Every poetess in the orient
Sometimes encounters semi-men
Controlling the publishing world
They invite her to access
The world of literature
Through the road of indecency
Ignore her in their offices as an authoress
Welcome her in their beds as a prey
Since she unleashed her fantasies
Didn’t bury her pen
She’s considered lawful
They’re careless about
Her ideas and writing style
Not interested
In the inner music in her texts
But are captured by the idea
Of identifying her underwear
Sneaking to her warm bedsheets
Flirting with the offsprings of her thoughts
In the orient,
When a poetess reveals her feelings
A gallows is erected for her
An investigation is opened
With every love poem she writes
She remains a subject of amusement
Followed by slur and innuendo
And the same question
To whom does she write?