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      May 25, 2024RapunzelMaria Mazziotti Gillan

      Think what it must have been like for her, caged
      in her tower, the small window cut into dark
      stone, the hours it took to brush
      and untangle her hair, waiting for the prince
      to come so she could let down her hair
      and he could climb up to her room.
      Think what it must have been like for her, lonely
      and starved for attention like the girls now
      who stare into their bathroom mirrors, brushing
      and combing their hair, applying perfume, mascara,
      skin softener, make-up, all in honor of the man who
      will stand outside the window, their beauty a braid they
      climb up on, their lives spent, breathless and silent,
      waiting for a man to rescue them as though their own
      hands were not strong enough, their own hearts not
      brave enough, their own minds not quick enough for
      them to save themselves.

      from #20 - Winter 2003

      Maria Mazziotti Gillan

      “Poetry is my passion—writing it and sharing it with others through my books, setting up readings for other poets, editing a magazine and anthologies, and organizing prizes. My mother always said, ‘The more I gave away, the more I had to give,’ referring to food, and I have tried to do the same thing with poetry.”

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