Inspirational women - Dorothy Porter 1954 - 2008

Dorothy Porter one of Australia's greatest poets died last week aged 54 after a four year battle with breast cancer.

Roses

a dark rose

floats

in a bowl

of light water

its scent creeps

like a slow spider

up my face

and it stings

in the eyes

so I cry

for pleasure

for no reason

in Nefrititi's rose room.

-from "Akhenaten" -