Who Said It Was Simple - A poem by Audre Lorde


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Audre Lorde - Who Said It Was Simple

There are so many roots to the tree of anger 
that sometimes the branches shatter 
before they bear.
Sitting in Nedicks
the women rally before they march 
discussing the problematic girls 
they hire to make them free.
An almost white counterman passes
a waiting brother to serve them first
and the ladies neither notice nor reject 
the slighter pleasures of their slavery.
But I who am bound by my mirror
as well as my bed 
see causes in color 
as well as sex

and sit here wondering
which me will survive 
all these liberations.

Added: on April 28th, 2006 at 3:02 PM | Viewed: 5337 times | Comments and analysis of Who Said It Was Simple by Audre Lorde Comments (1)

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Poet: Audre Lorde Poem: Who Said It Was Simple Comment 1 of 1, added on April 28th, 2006 at 3:02 PM. WHO SAID IT WAS SIMPLE WAS AN TOUCHING POEM WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MEANING.TO READ THIS POEM IN A WOMENS PERSPECTIVE IT'S IN A WAY EASIER TO VISUALIZE.I'M NOT ILESBIAN SO I DON'T EXACTLY FEEL 100% CONNECTED TO THE MEANING, BUT OTHER WORDS I LOVED IT Tynishia Houston from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Who Said It Was Simple, has received one comment so far. Click here to read it, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Audre Lorde with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Audre Lorde Poem: Who Said It Was Simple Last read: May 16 2008, 11:30PM Viewed 5337 times. Added on April 28th, 2006 at 3:02 PM.

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