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Rao, Mani: A Sonic Indian Woman Poet

Mani Rao is one of my favourite Indian women poets. Mani Rao is an Indian woman poet who uses sounds to great effect in her poems. It is as if a waterfall of words...

Quintessential Woman Poet Emily Dickinson

I first came across Emily Dickinson in the Trebizon series of boarding school books by British writer Anne Digby. I picked up a book from the series at my childhood library, and in that...

Plath, Sylvia: A Poet with Vaulting Imagery

Sylvia Plath is one of the most famous poets of the twentieth century. Her intense poems make her stand out and often capture the  unique experience of being a poem. Here’s one of her...

Olds, Sharon: The Personal Yet Political Poet

Sharon Olds is an American woman contemporary poet who writes “intensely personal, emotionally scathing poetry which graphically depicts family life as well as global political events,” as the Poetry Foundation says. Here’s a poem...

Nye, Naomi Shihab: The Wandering Woman Poet

Naomi Shihab Nye calls herself a wandering poet, travelling to over thirty countries to teach writing workshops. Naturally, she gets great grist for her poetry mill as a byproduct. Here’s a poem of hers...

Moure, Erin: Gaming the Reader in Her Poems

Erin Moure is a contemporary Canadian woman poet. She creates hope in language and resists nonsense, according to her Twitter bio. Here’s a poem of hers that spoke to me. A Real Motorcycle by Erin...

Kumin, Maxine: Offbeat Woman Poet

An American poet who wrote in the 50s, Maxine Kumin and Anne Sexton were critique buddies. Here’s a poem of hers that struck me. In the Park by Maxine Kumin You have forty-nine days betweendeath...

Lazarus, Emma: Metaphors to Muse Upon

Lazarus, Emma: Metaphors to Muse Upon Emma Lazarus was a nineteenth century Jewish American poet, and the double whammy of being a woman and a Jew informed her work greatly. She uses metaphor often...

Jinn, Qiu: Adding a Chinese Sensibility to Poetry

Qiu Jinn is a Chinese poet who lived from 1875 to 1907. A feminist, revolutionary, and poet, she was a seminal figure in Chinese poetry. She pawned her jewels to fight, learnt martial arts....

Imtiaz Dharker: Lipstick Under My Burkha

British poet Imtiaz Dharker tells us parde ke peeche kya hai. Purdah I One day they said she was old enough to learn some shame.She found it came quite naturally. Purdah is a kind...