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Please Vote! Which Version of My Poem to Enheduanna, Priestess of Inanna, Do You Prefer?
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Please Vote! Which Version of My Poem to Enheduanna, Priestess of Inanna, Do You Prefer?

After a decade of revising, it's done except for one crucial decision!

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Mar 03, 2025
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Please Vote! Which Version of My Poem to Enheduanna, Priestess of Inanna, Do You Prefer?
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Inanna and Date Palm, 2400 BC

Dear Subscribers,

Enheduanna, poet and priestess of the Goddess Inanna wrote just at the dawn of patriarchy. This powerful woman was the first poet ever to sign their name to their work. My poem addressed to Enheduanna, which I’ve been working on for over a decade, will appear in my next manuscript of poems. For various reasons, I need to keep it under wraps right now, much as I would love to ask everyone’s opinion! So this vote is just for paid subscribers.


Dear ones, I am stuck, so please let me know asap in the poll, and if you like in the comments, which version of the poem you prefer? As you can see, the only difference between the two versions

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