Aren't we missing the point of the poem. The metaphor is referring to
*cleansing* the world.
>it is this cleansed and domesticated fantasy of female sensuality, and work
>done by women that I find I cant enjoy
>interesting that these postings repeatedly refer to 'freshly pressed
>shirts' which are garments worn by men - seems to me that the whole fabric
>of the idea we play with here is laid bare in that phrase!
I wear a shirt in the latest pink-watermelon colour!
>My own response is formed very much by the fact that as a woman I find
>these images limiting, oppressive and loaded with accusations.
The images and the metaphor are the poet's choice to historicize the need to
work hard at making the world a better place in which to live - but like
some poets, suggest her *conscience* is not really cool, it's rather prissy
to *care* about the world we are leaving our children (well the oil is
disappearing to the bottom of the ocean).
And it is the 'female voice' as you guys wouldn't write a poem using the
metaphor of doing the laundry.
As someone has already said it's not going to be earth-shattering news that
someone is trekking up a mountain top to read a poem.
The other day when I said I write poetry to my new neighbour, he said,
"geez do they still write that stuff!"
Helen
Ps. I think a better idea for distributing *our/their message* would be if
greenpeace floated off sealed bottles containing all the poems ever written
about global desecration.
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