Poetesses and Fashion

Image by Author. Me and my sister at Bhakti Fest, Joshua Tree.

I never quite understood
Poetesses and fashion

But I do pack
My saffron and green dupattas

For me and my sister to wear
When we are out in the desert

Loudly humming how we are
Daughters
Of a free sun and a wild river

How we shall not rise
Only with a poem
But also with our colors

These skins of a red
Unchainable

These eyes of a new gold

Black sea at our feet

Our colorless pens
Slaying oppression

Our axes sharp with
Blades of our grandmothers
Gifting us our freedom
Held in their resilient veils
Flying on a moonless night.

~

Vaishali Paliwal

Dupattas- Long scarf or head covering worn by women in Indian subcontinent

Would love to hear from poetesses and poets here on Medium how and if their poetry and fashion (in the context of literal fashion and also personal and cultural identities in their aesthetic and physical versions) intersect. Tagging a few:). Thanks Shringi Kumari Farida Haque Agnes Louis Justcallmejillybean Amang ＊大野芒＊水生花 Yamini MacLean Kat of Magik Lynne Nardizzi Johanna Naomi Elise Maymuuna Radha Chetna Laxhmi

Jessica Lovejoy Shruti Sinha Gillian Sisley Alyssa Mae