the woman's boat

She Who has a being
named She Who is a being
named She Who carries her own name.

She Who marks her own way, gathering.
She Who makes her own difference.
She Who differs, gathering her own events.

She Who gathers, gaining
She Who carries her own ways,
gathering She Who waits,
bearing She Who cares for her

bears, gathering She Who cares
for She Who gathers her own ways
carrying
the names of She Who gather and gain,

the woman -- I am the first person.
and the first person is She Who is the first person to
She Who is the first person to no other. There is no

She Who floods like a river and
like a river continues
She Who continues
Judy Grahn
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