Tag Archives: Marge Piercy

Ruth: Dreaming of a Sister of the Mind

Piercy’s “The Book of Ruth and Naomi” explores the love between the two women.

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Celebrate Work? or Complain about It?

For Labor Day, two poems (Brecht, Piercy) about jobs that degrade. But the poems themselves offer solace.

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Barbie: Love Her, Hate Her

The new Barbie film confirms Piercy’s complaints about stereotypes in “Barbie Doll” but goes further.

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The Light You Seek Hides in Your Belly

Piercy’s Rosh Hashanah poem uses new moon symbolism to powerful effect.

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A Friendship Stronger Than Fear

As I spent a night in an emergency room, I thought of my wife, my mother, and this Piercy Ruth and Naomi poem.

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Choosing the Desert over Bondage

Marge Piercy’s “Maggid” is a powerful Passover poem about the courage it takes to abandon what is familiar.

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We Are Waiting Rooms at Bus Stations

As poet Marge Piercy sees it, we are bus station waiting rooms through which people pass, each leaving an imprint.

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Let My Words Turn into Sparks

In this Marge Piercy Rosh Hashanah poem, the poet asks how she has contributed to peace.

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Walking the Road of Shards, Hands Joined

Marge Piercy’s poem about Naomi and Ruth’s emphasizes the power of female bonding.

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