Rapunzel goes exploring
She’s a delicate rose
Found in flowery prose
And I’m not her.
He reads seductive books
Where those kinds of looks
Are all you need.
I’ve always preferred
My words to be heard.
A different end:
Rapunzel rolls up her sleeves,
Cuts her hair, weaves
Her own ladder. Leaves.
About Rosanne Bersten
Rosanne Bersten is an award-winning Melbourne-based poet, journalist and editor who explores the political dimensions of passion, history and personal journeys. She has worked for The Age, the University of Melbourne (as web site editor and lecturer) and Amnesty International’s Human Rights Defender magazine. She lives in Clifton Hill with her partner, Doug, their four-month-old daughter Harper and their black cat, Jezebel. When she is not railing on the Internet about the state of gender, diversity and the environment, she can be found critiquing digital culture. Visit Rosanne's website at heliotrope.net.au/morden/poetry
