Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Washing Comments
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A man in tie stopped his heels alongside a woman
Perched at the edge of a river, washing clothes under hot midday Saturday sun.
Partly hidden in a lean-to to keep her shadowed while she scrubs the grime off the collar of her husband’s shirt to make it white again and dry the rest of the dampness of the laundry and in her eyes in the sun.
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3/18/2026 9:10:56 AM # 1.0.0
I've read all your poems here and this is my favorite... strong thoughts and demeanor of both the writer and the woman in the poem. the 3rd and the 5th stanzas make up the stem... it says everything about the plight of many women.