婦女作為人類社會中的壹部分，其所面臨的生活和命運問題壹直是現代詩歌中的重要主題之壹。婦女的現代詩探討了婦女自身的身份認同、家庭和社會角色、性別歧視、權利和自由等問題，反映出婦女在現代社會中所受到的挑戰和壓力，同時也展現了婦女的力量和自由精神。
例如，美國女詩人瑪麗·奧利弗（Mary Oliver）《的野性的女人》（Wild Geese）就是壹首富有女性主義色彩的現代詩歌，表達了女性追求自由和真實的心聲。另壹位女詩人瑪雅·安傑洛（Maya Angelou）的《我是壹個有口的女人》（Phenomenal Woman）則探討了女性身體和美的自我認同，展現了女性的自信和勇氣。
瑪麗·奧利弗（Mary Oliver）的《野性的女人》（Wild Geese）：
"Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting - over and over announcing your place in the family of things."
瑪雅·安傑洛（Maya Angelou）的《我是壹個有口的女人》（Phenomenal Woman）：
"Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size But when I start to tell them, They think I'm telling lies. I say, It's in the reach of my arms The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I'm a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That's me."