I wonder what she would say, today Trapped beyond her wallpaper As we still get bricked Behind walls, as if On the wrong side of Poe I wonder what she would say, today At the chorus of voices That clamor "me too" Despite the denial Of the world of men I wonder what she would … Continue reading Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Poetry Speaks
It was a sane madness a dress a wallpaper A wild robbery the loss of a name a theft of voice The names blend into a solid wall - a Virginia, George, Anais, Simone, Edna, Charlotte - mural To tell the world: "We were here." "We mattered." "We remain."