{"id":9576,"date":"2026-05-07T11:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9576"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:41:54","slug":"poem-a-wiled-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/07\/poem-a-wiled-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: A Wiled Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the ekphrastic poem (based on another work of art) that I submitted as this year’s entry to the Toledo Museum of Art’s poetry contest. I won by not winning, maintaining my amateur status. This poem is in honor of awe of the wild women out there…<\/p>\n

\"Tapestry

Tapestry with Wild Woman Riding a Unicorn by Gilles Le Castre, Flemish, about 1500\u201325.<\/p><\/div>\n

A Wiled Woman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

She lives
\nIn what
\nMight be called
\nCommon daze
\nWhen she counters a seemingly fierce lyin\u2019
\nDwelling in the forced
\nScaring smaller creatures
\nWhen she vouches fore awe of the earth
\nThe soul point of being
\nA beautiful unicorn
\nIs having no need of a \u201cpermit\u201d
\nAs there is only won
\nI ride on
\nUncorrected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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