in time, the rock of Sisyphus eroded ... now slowly she walks all along that barren beach sweeping the sand back into the water Woman with Broom from Paintings and Sculptures #feministpoetry #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers

Barbie and Ken side by side effervescent smiles unblinking eyes plastic flesh hollow hollow American Gothic from Paintings and Sculptures #feministpoetry #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers

sometimes in the morning on that bare dressing table in the corner of the bedroom i can see my heart hanging my ruby heart hanging over over the edge bleeding onto the floor The Persistence of Memory from PaintingsandSculptures #feministpoetry #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers

Among the artists whose work is re-imagined are Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Dali, Botticelli, Monet, and Rodin. (re Paintings and Sculptures) #tweetyourbooks #feministpoetry #socialissues #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers

Each piece in this socially conscious collection describes a painting or a sculpture: a re-vision of a classic or an original work not yet realized. free downloads at chriswind.net #tweetyourbooks #feministpoetry #socialissues #poetry #poetrylovers #artlovers

tanka more terrifying than Hiroshima victims whose eyes have melted is the awful knowledge that it will not move me to act from dreaming of kaleidoscopes free downloads at chriswind.net #poetry #poetrylovers

nuns habits of black and white explaining their faith from dreaming of kaleidoscopes #feministpoetry #radfem #radicalfeminist #atheistpoetry

burn victim i am always cutting flesh taking from one part to heal another– survival of the self sufficient. from dreaming of kaleidoscopes #feministpoetry #radfem #radicalfeminist

when her mother explained what a hope chest was she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry from dreaming of kaleidoscopes #feministpoetry #radfem #radicalfeminist

from dreaming of kaleidoscopes: to be led by a man to not be able to see where i’m going to travel backwards no wonder i could never learn to dance #feministpoetry #radfem #radicalfeminist

a non-thematic 'best of' collection of poems spanning about fifteen years, from the poet’s late teens in the 1970s to her early thirties in the 1990s free downloads at chriswind.net #tweetyourbooks #feministpoetry #radfem #radicalfeminist

"More often than not, the damsel works through her distress long before the guy even arrives." from "Sleeping Beauty" in Snow White Gets Her Say free downloads at chriswind.net #feministfairytales #fairytalesretelling #feministfiction

Classic fairy tales retold – what might have happened if Gretel, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and others had been strong and critical girls and women living today? free downloads at chriswind.net #feministfairytales #fairytalesretelling #feministfiction

A collection of the classic fairy tales retold – what would have happened if Gretel, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and others had been strong and critical girls and women living today? free downloads at chriswind.net #tweetyourbooks

"He who presumes to justify the ways of God to man cannot ever hope to justify his own ways to his daughters!" from "The Grapes," an imaginary letter to Milton from one of his daughters, in Deare Sister #feministfiction #womenshistory

Letters that might have been written by Lady Godiva, Rubens’ model, Mozart’s mother, Freud’s wife, Plato’s students, and others – assuming a feminist consciousness. (What would they say?) free downloads at chriswind.net #feministfiction #womenshistory

Letters that might have been written by Lady Godiva, Milton’s daughter, Rubens’ model, Mozart’s mother, Freud’s wife, Plato’s students, and others – assuming a feminist consciousness. (What would they say?) free downloads at chriswind.net #tweetyourbooks

Gorgons it’s not ourglance that turns you to stone but your own— as soon as you see us you become cold insensitive unable to respond to ugly women from UnMythed #feministmythology #feministpoetry

Poems revealing the myths within the myths: what might Pandora, Circe, Penelope, and others have thought and done if they had not been the creations of a chauvinist patriarchy? free downloads at chriswind.net #tweetyourbooks #feministmythology #feministpoetry

"If I were free not to fall in the first place, they were free not to fall after me; and if I were not free, then I can’t be held responsible—for my fall or theirs." from "I am Eve" in Thus Saith Eve #feministreligion #feministfiction #atheistfiction #atheism