Friday, January 3, 2003

What Are Big Girls Made Of? Comments

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The construction of a woman:
a woman is not made of flesh
of bone and sinew
belly and breasts, elbows and liver and toe.
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Unnikrishnan E S 11 December 2021

Good poem, hilarious and the same time, poignant. Women have been programmed over eons to be objects of attraction for mens' passion. They

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Chinedu Dike 09 December 2021

An insightful poem written with conviction.......

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Cat Perry 20 April 2021

When will men grow up enough to accept our bodies as they are?

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Dr Antony Theodore 02 December 2020

She is manufactured like a sports sedan. She is retooled, refitted and redesigned every decade. Cecile had been seduction itself in college. She wriggled through bars like a satin eel, lot of thinking and imagination. tony

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Bree Z Love 02 March 2018

Great poem with irony and great imagery.

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Edward Kofi Louis 27 August 2016

If only we could love ourselves! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Colleen Courtney 18 May 2014

Such an honest and truthful piece of poetry. And poetry it is. Speaking from my own experience outer beauty doesn't last. A lot can happen to a woman in a lifetime and sometime are inner battles scars start to appear on the outside. This poem is so perfectly worded. The poet knows of what she writes!

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Brian Jani 05 May 2014

Hahaa catchy title, nice

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Jane Lalone 30 January 2009

I have to say it. Marge, Marge, Marge! Your poems are such pieces of art! You paint with words in a way in which the rest of us just fantasize! ! ! And, whether it is a spark of holiness, a smirk of bawdiness, or a shard of sorrow, always the meaning goes straight to the heart. Jane LaLone

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Sallie Howson 04 May 2007

hear hear..i love this poem

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Cin Sweet 12 April 2007

A Wonderful poem.

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