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MARGE PIERCY

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Poems found: 609

SNOWFLAKES, MY MOTHER CALLED THEM

A CANDLE IN A GLASS

A VALLEY WHERE I DON'T BELONG

A WORK OF ARTIFACE

AFTER THE WIND ABATED, HE WALKED OUT AND DIED

ALL LOVERS HAVE SECRET NAMES

AMIDAH: ON OUR FEET WE SPEAK TO YOU

ANOTHER COUNTRY

APPLE SAUCE FOR EVE

AT THE NEW MOON: ROSH HODESH

AT THE WELL

AVAILABLE LIGHT

BEAUTY I WOULD SUFFER FOR

BELLY GOOD

BEYTZEH: SEASON OF THE EGG

BLACK MOUNTAIN

BREADCRUMBS

CATS LIKE ANGELS

CHAROSET

CHAZERET: LETTUCE IN REBELLION

CHOICES

COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER

DIRTY POEM

EAT FRUIT

FATHERS AND SONS

FOR EACH AGE, ITS AMULET

FOR SHE IS A TREE OF LIFE

FOR THE YOUNG WHO WANT TO

GRACIOUS GOODNESS

GROWING UP HAUNTED

HAVDALAH

FOR A BALLERINA WHO DIED OF ANOREXIA

HOUSE BUILT OF BREATH

IN THE GRIP OF THE SOLSTICE

IT ARRIVES SUDDENLY AND CARRIES US OFF AS USUAL

KADDISH

KARPAS

LEARNING TO READ

LOOKING AT QUILTS

MAROR

MATZOH

MEDITATION BEFORE READING TORAH

MORNING ATHLETES

MY MOTHER'S BODY

MY MOTHER'S NOVEL

MY RICH UNCLE, WHOM I ONLY MET THREE TIMES

NAILING UP THE MEZUZAH

NISHMAT

ON SHABBAT SHE DANCES IN THE CANDLE FLAMES

ONE BIRD, IF THERE IS ONLY ONE, DIES IN THE NIGHT

OUT OF THE RUBBISH

POP-SICLE

PUTTING THE GOOD THINGS AWAY

RAPE POEM

RETURNING TO THE CEMETERY IN THE OLD PRAGUE GHETTO

SALT WATER

SHABBAT MOMENT

SIGN

SIMPLE-SONG

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO

TASHLICH

THE ALTNEUSHUL IN THE OLD PRAGUE GHETTO

THE ARIA

THE ARK OF CONSEQUENCE

THE ART OF BLESSING THE DAY

THE BOOK OF RUTH AND NAOMI

THE CHUPPAH

PHOTOGRAPH OF MY MOTHER SITTING ON THE STEPS

IN THE ATTIC OF MY DREAMS

THE FLYING JEW

THE FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH

THE HEAD OF THE YEAR

THE HOUSING PROJECT AT DRANCY

THE HUNGER MOON

THE INFLUENCE COMING INTO PLAY: THE SEVEN OF PENTACLES

THE INSIDE CHANCE

THE MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE

THE NEW YEAR OF THE TREES

LOST

THE RAM'S HORN SOUNDING

THE REAL HEARTH

THE SECRETARY CHANT

THE SKYSCRAPERS OF THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT DANCE WITH GASMAN

THE TASK NEVER COMPLETED

THE THIEF

THE GLAMOUR OF IT

LONG NIGHT OF THE INCOMPLETE

THE WINE

TO HAVE WITHOUT HOLDING

TOO LONG DEAD

TRAVELING DREAM

UNBUTTONING

UP AND OUT

V'AHAVTA

WELLFLEET SHABBAT

WHAT SHE CRAVED

WHAT'S THAT SMELL IN THE KITCHEN

WOMAN IN A SHOE

AFTER THE LOSS

YOU ASK WHY SOMETIMES I SAY STOP

YOUR FATHER'S FOURTH HEART ATTACK

ZEROAH: LAMB SHANK

BARBIE DOLL

MAGGID

TO BE OF USE

ALWAYS UNSUITABLE

ATTACK OF THE SQUASH PEOPLE

THE CAT'S SONG

COLORS PASSING THROUGH US

THE FRIEND

IMPLICATIONS OF ONE PLUS ONE

THE NEIGHBOR

TOAD DREAMS

VISITING A DEAD MAN ON A SUMMER DAY

WHAT ARE BIG GIRLS MADE OF?

WINTER PROMISES

THE PROMOTION

BRIDGEING

FOR STRONG WOMEN

IN THE MEN'S ROOM(S)

THE LISTMAKER

RETURN TO LIFE

A NEW CONSTELLATION

THE GARDENER'S LITANY

HOW YOU STARE

COLD HEAD, COLD START

A STORY AS WET AS TEARS

KARPAS AND SALT WATER

THE FAITHLESS

ON GUARD

MOTOWN, ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY

SWEAR IT

TRACKS

IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE

THE DAY MY MOTHER DIED

ONE REASON I LIKE OPERA

MY MOTHER GIVES ME HER RECIPE

DISLOCATION

IN PRAISE OF JOE

THE WORLD IN THE YEAR 2000

WHERE DREAMS COME FROM

END OF DAYS

THE TAO OF TOUCH

FIRST SOWN

FEBRUARY GROUND

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE INCONVENIENT

THE GOOD OLD DAYS AT HOME SWEET HOME

GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

MORE THAN ENOUGH

FIRST TIME

INTERSPECIES

FOX IN THE MORNING

SOME THINGS RETURN IN SPRING

OH, VEBLEN, THIS IS MUCH BETTER

OLD MOON CRADLING THE NEW MOON

A KIND OF THEFT

I AWAKE FEATHERED

QUARREL IN THE BERRY PATCH

MY HEROINES

ANOTHER OBITUARY

SOMETIMES WHILE I AM CHANTING'

I WOKE WITH THE ROOM COLD

SNOWFLAKES, MY MOTHER CALLED THEM

CATS OF GREECE

LONGEST NIGHT IS LONG DRAWN

MOON IS ALWAYS FEMALE

WOMAN IN THE

SOMETIMES WHILE I AM CHANTING'

16/53

CANDLE IN A GLASS

COLD AND MARRIED WAR

DAY IN THE LIFE

FEW ASHES FOR SUNDAY MORNING

GARDEN OF WORDS

KID ON HER WAY

LINE OF DANCERS THROUGH TIME

LITTLE MONUMENT

LOW PERSPECTIVE

MARRIED WALK IN A HOT PLACE

NEWLY SHARPENED WIND

PENETRATING COLD

QUICK AND QUIET ONE

STORY WET AS TEARS

TWITCH IN TIME

VALLEY WHERE I DON'T BELONG

WARM PLACE BECOMES A COLD PLACE

WORK OF ARTIFACE

ABSOLUTELY SAFE

AFTER THE CORN MOON

AFTER THE WIND ABATED, HE WALKED OUT AND DIED

ALL DAY ALL NIGHT TALK RADIO

ALL LOVERS HAVE SECRET NAMES

ALL SYSTEMS ARE UP

ALWAYS UNSUITABLE

AMIDAH: ON OUR FEET WE SPEAK TO YOU

ARGUMENT WITH MEMORY

ANCIENT WOOD

ANOTHER COUNTRY

ANXIETY WINS A ROUND

APOLOGIES

APPLE SAUCE FOR EVE

ARLES, 7 P.M.

AS THE RUNNERS CREAK

ASCENDING SCALE

AT THE CORE OF LOVING, FEAR

AT THE NEW MOON: ROSH HODESH

AT THE WELL

ATHENA IN THE FRONT LINES

ATTACK OF THE SQUASH PEOPLE

AUGUST

AUGUST, SUBMERGING

AVAILABLE LIGHT

BABOONS IN THE PERENNIAL BED

BARBIE DOLL

BEAUTIFUL WEEPER

BEAUTY I WOULD SUFFER FOR

BELL SONG

BELLY GOOD

BETWEEN TWO HAMLETS

BEYTZEH: SEASON OF THE EGG

BITE INTO THE ONION

BLACK LEAVES

BLACK MOUNTAIN

BLIZZARD COMES

BLOOD LAKE

BORROWED LIVES

BREADCRUMBS

BREAKING CAMP

BROTHER-LESS FIVE: TRUTH AS A CLOUD OF MOTHS

BROTHER-LESS FOUR: LIARS' DANCE

BROTHER-LESS ONE: SUN GOD

BROTHER-LESS SEVEN: ENDLESS END

BROTHER-LESS SIX: UNCONVERSATION

BROTHER-LESS THREE: NEVER GOOD ENOUGH

BROTHER-LESS TWO: PALIMPSEST

BURIAL BY SALT

BURYING BLUES FOR JANIS [JOPLIN]

CAST SKINS

CATS LIKE ANGELS

CHAIN OF BEING: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

CHAROSET

CHAZERET: LETTUCE IN REBELLION

CHOICES

CHRYSANTHEMUM SEASON

CLINIC HALLLWAY

COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER

CONCERNING THE MATHEMATICIAN

CORE MEMORY

COUNCILS

COUSIN, COUSINE

CRABS

CROW BABIES

CROWS

DANCE OF THE TREES

DAUGHTER OF THE AFRICAN EVOLUTION

DEAD WATERS

DEALING WITH THE PIECES

DEATH OF A DOE ON CHEQUESSET NECK

DEER COUCHANT

DETROIT MEANS STRAIT

DETROIT, SUMMER CAMP

DIANA INACCESSIBLE

DIGGING IN

DIRTY POEM

DISMISSAL

DISTANCE MAKES THINGS SMALLER

DO NOT ERECT THE WALL BEFORE YOURSELVES

DOG DAYS DOGGED RAG

DOG STREET NUMBER

DOMESTIC DANGER

DOWN THE ROAD, DOWN THE ROAD

DREAM OF WHITE AND RED POPPIES

DREAMING THE FROG'S SLEEP

DUET THAT TRAILS OFF

EAT FRUIT

EDGES OF EMPTINESS

ELEGY IN ROCK, FOR AUDRE LORDE

EMBRYOS: 1. WEE

EMBRYOS: 2. WHEY

EXACTLY HOW I PURSUE YOU

FAMILIARITY'S CURSE

FATHERS AND SONS

FEELING QUITE TEMPORARY

FINEST PORCELAIN

FIRST DAY OUT OF BED

FLAT ON MY BACK

FLEA MARKET IN AUGUST

FOR EACH AGE, ITS AMULET

FOR JERIANN'S HANDS

FOR MARS AND HER CHILDREN RETURNING IN MARCH

FOR MOURNING

FOR SHE IS A TREE OF LIFE

FOR THE YOUNG WHO WANT TO

FOR TWO WOMEN SHOT TO DEATH IN BOOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS

FOX GRAPES

FROG SONG

GASMAN INVITES THE SKYSCRAPERS TO DANCE

GETTING IT BACK

GIRL IN WHITE

GIRLWATCHING: 1

GIRLWATCHING: 2

GOING IN

GOING INTO TOWN IN THE STORM

GRACIOUS GOODNESS

GROWING UP HAUNTED

HALF VULTURE, HALF EAGLE

HALLOW EVE WITH SPACES FOR GHOSTS

HARD TIME

HARE IN WINTER

HAVDALAH

HEEL SHOULD NOT BE AN INSULT

HELLO UP THERE

HER BODY INSCRIBES

HOMAGE TO LUCILLE, DR. LORD-HEINSTEIN

HOMO FABER: THE SHELL GAME

HOT, HOTTER

HOUSE BUILT OF BREATH

HOW DIVINE IS FORGIVING

HOW THE FULL MOON WAKES YOU

HOW YOU STARE

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN POOR AT FLIRTING

I SAW HER DANCING

I SEE THE SIGN AND TREMBLE

I WILL NOT BE YOUR SICKNESS

IF I HAD BEEN CALLED SABRINA OR ANN, SHE SAID

IF THEY COME IN THE NIGHT

IF WE CAN'T FIND IT, WE MAKE IT

IMAGING

IMPLICATIONS OF ONE PLUS ONE

IN JUNE ALL THINGS WAKE FULLY

IN JUNE, THE YOUNG DEER ARE ALMOST TAME

IN THE ATTIC OF DREAMS

IN THE DARK ALL CATS FLY

IN THE GRIP OF THE SOLSTICE

IN WAIT

IN WHICH SHE BEGS (LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE) THAT LOVE MAY LAST

INSOMNIA

INTENSE

INTERIOR WITH SUN

IT AIN'T HEAVY, IT'S MY PURSE

IT ARRIVES SUDDENLY AND CARRIES US OFF AS USUAL

IT DOESN'T SUFFICE

JOY ROAD AND LIVERNOIS

JUNE 21 AT 9:30

KADDISH

KARPAS

KNEELING AT THE PIPES

KNEELING HERE, I FEEL GOOD

LA DOLCE FAR NIENTE

LANDED FISH

LAPSED

LAST SCENE IN THE FIRST ACT

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS

LEANING EXPERIENCE

LEARNING TO READ

LEAVES INSTEAD OF RICE

LET US GATHER AT THE RIVER

LIARS' DICE

LIKE LITTLE FIRECRACKERS IN THE BRAIN

LINES DRAWN

LIPSKY ON NINTH AVENUE

LISTENING TO A SPEECH

LITTER

LITTLE ACTS OF LOVE

LITTLE PISCHNA REVISITED

LOOKING AT QUILTS

LOVE LIKE A TICKING BOMB

LOVING THE CRONE

MAGGID

MARCH COMES IN ON CLEFT HOOVES

MAROR

MARRIAGE IN WINTER

MATZOH

MEDITATION BEFORE READING TORAH

MOON OF THE MOTHER TURTLE

MOONBURN

MORE THAT WINTER ENDS THAN SPRING BEGINS

MORNING ATHLETES

MORNING LOVE SONG

MORNINGS IN VARIOUS YEARS

MOVES ON THE CEILING

MY BOA

MY MOTHER GIVES ME HER RECIPE

MY MOTHER'S BODY

MY MOTHER'S NOVEL

MY RICH UNCLE, WHOM I ONLY MET THREE TIMES

NAILING UP THE MEZUZAH

NEVER-NEVER

NIGHT FIGHT

NIGHT OF THE BEAR AND POLAR LIGHT

NISHMAT

NOCTURNE

NOON OF THE SUNBATHER

NORTHERN LIGHTS OF THE SKULL

NOTHING MORE WILL HAPPEN

NOW ALL AT ONCE IT IS COLDER

NOW THAT I AM FREE

O!

OCTOBER ECLIPSE

OF THE PATIENCE CALLED FORTH BY TRANSITION

OFF SEASON RENTAL

OLD SHOES

ON CASTLE HILL

ON GUARD

ON SHABBAT SHE DANCES IN THE CANDLE FLAMES

ON THE ROAD IN MIDDLE AGE

ONE BIRD, IF THERE IS ONLY ONE, DIES IN THE NIGHT

OPEN TO THE SKY

OUT OF SIGHT

OUT OF THE RUBBISH

PEACEABLE KINGDOM

PEELED AFTER FLU

PERFECT WEATHER

PERSIMMON PUDDING

POP-SICLE

POSTCARD FROM THE GARDEN

PRACTICING WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN

PROXIMITY FUSES

PUTTING THE GARDENS TO SLEEP

PUTTING THE GOOD THINGS AWAY

RAIN FALLS ON IOANNNINA

RAINY 4TH

RAISIN PUMPERNICKEL

RAPE POEM

RECONCILED

REFLECTIONS ON A MIRROR

REPORT OF 14TH SUBCOMMITTE ON CONVENING A DISCUSSION GROUP

REPORT OF THE FOURTEENTH SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONVENING

RESHAPING EACH OTHER

RETURNING TO THE CEMETERY IN THE OLD PRAGUE GHETTO

RUNNING TOWARD R

RUNT VIGOR

S. DEAD

SALT IN THE AFTERNOON

SALT WATER

SEASON OF BREAKAGE: 1.

SEASON OF BREAKAGE: 2.

SEPTEMBER AFTERNOON AT FOUR O'CLOCK

SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG BIRDS

SHABBAT MOMENT

SHAD BLOW

SHADOWS OF THE BURNING

SHAME

SIMPLE-SONG

SINS OF OMISSION

SITTING LIKE A TURTLE

SIX UNDERRATED PLEASURES

SLIDES FROM OUR RECENT EUROPEAN TRIP

SMALLEY BAR

SOFTLY DURING THE NIGHT

SOMEPLACE ELSE

SOMETHING SO SHARP

SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO

SONG OF THE NUDGE

SPINNING MY WHEELS

SUBTLE COMMANDS OF THE EARTH

SUMMER MOURNING

SUN-DAY POACHER

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

SYZYGY

TARGETS

TASHLICH

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

184TH DEMONSTRATION

31ST OF MARCH

ALTNEUSHUL IN THE OLD PRAGUE GHETTO

ANSWER TO ALL PROBLEMS

ARIA

ARK OF CONSEQUENCE

ART OF BLESSING THE DAY

AUNT I WANTED TO BE

BLAH BLAH BLUES

BOOK OF RUTH AND NAOMI

BOTTOM LINE

BUTT OF WINTER

CARROT

CAST OFF

CAT'S SONG

CHUPPAH

CLOCK IN THE CLOSET

COMMON LIVING DIRT

CUT

CYCLIST

DAILY LIFE OF THE WORKER BEE

DECK THAT POUTS

DESCENT OF ORPHEE

DEVELOPMENT

DIMINISHING ADDITION

DISINTEGRATION

DOE

EX IN THE SUPERMARKET

FADING BETRAYAL

FECUND COMPLAIN THEY ARE NOT HONORED

FISHERMAN'S CATALOGUE: A FOUND POEM

FLYING JEW

FRIEND

FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH

GREAT HORNED OWL

GREY FLANNEL SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT

HEAD OF THE YEAR

HEART'S CLOCK

HOUSING PROJECT AT DRANCY

HUNGER MOON

INFLUENCE COMING INTO PLAY: THE SEVEN OF PENTACLES

INSIDE CHANCE

LAST DAY OF EXILE WINDS UPWARD

LEVEL

LOVE OF LETTUCE

LOW ROAD

MAN WITH TOO MANY WOMEN IN HIS LIFE

MATERNAL INSTINCT AT WORK

MEAN

MEANINGFUL EXCHANGE

MIRACLE

MUSIC WARS

NEGATIVE ION DANCE

NEW ROCK ISLAND LINE

NEW YEAR OF THE TREES

ONCE-IN-A LIFETIME WAREHOUSE SALE

PAIN CAME BACK LIKE SOMETHING SHARP IN MY EYE

PERPETUAL MIGRATION

POSSESSION

PRICE BEGINS TO MOUNT

PRICE OF THE BODY

PROMOTION

PUZZLE

RABBI'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

RAM'S HORN SOUNDING

REAL HEARTH

RETREAT

ROOT CANAL

SABBATH OF MUTUAL RESPECT

SECRETARY CHANT

SEDUCTION OF ANTICIPATED PAIN

SHUTTLE

SIMPLIFICATION

SKY CHANGES

SKYSCRAPERS OF THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT DANCE WITH GASMAN

TASK NEVER COMPLETED

THIEF

TROPHY

TRUE PATRIOT

TRUTH ACCORDING TO LUDD

VISITATION

VOICE OF THE GRACKLE

WHALE WE ARE

WICKED STEPMOTHER

WIND CHANGES AROUND

WINDOW OF THE WOMAN BURNING

WINE

WORLD COMES BACK LIKE AN OLD CAT

WORLD FROM BELOW

WORLD UNBANDAGED

WRITING BAG

YELLOW LIGHT

THING-SONG

THINKING OF HOMER AT TWILIGHT

THIS PROWLING ZOO

THOUSANDS OF MORNING MOTHS

THREE A.M. FEEDING

THREE MONTHS EXILE

TO BE OF USE

TO HAVE WITHOUT HOLDING

TOAD DREAMS

TOO LONG DEAD

TOO SOON TO BE TRUE

TOWARD A SUDDEN SILENCE

TRANSFIXED ON THE BANK

TRAVELING DREAM

TRUE ROMANCE

TRYING OUR METAL

UNBUTTONING

UNCLENCH YOURSELF

UNDERWATER BREATHING

UP AND OUT

UP AND OUT, SELS.

V'AHAVTA

VEGETABLE LOVE

VIL FOR THE LAYMAN

VISITING A DEAD MAN ON A SUMMER DAY

VISITORS WITH TOO MUCH BAGGAGE

WAKING WITH MY EARS RINGING

WALKING IN WANING LIGHT

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY TO EACH OTHER

WE SPEAK OF SEEING THE HERON, AS IF THERE WERE ONLY ONE

WELLFLEET SHABBAT

WET

WHAT ARE BIG GIRLS MADE OF

WHAT CROSSES OVER

WHAT SHE CRAVED

WHAT'S THAT SMELL IN THE KITCHEN

WHEN TOO MUCH IS BARELY ENOUGH

WHERE IS MY HALF-USED TUBE OF TOM'S FENNEL TOOTHPASTE TONIGHT?

WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN FRIENDS

WHY I BOUGHT THE STUPID PALM TREE DISH

WHY THE SOUP TASTES LIKE THE DAILY NEWS

WOMAN IN A SHOE

WOMAN IN THE BUSHES

WORD PROBLEM

WORLDS WITHOUT END

WRONG MONDAY

YAHRTZEIT

YEARNING TO REPOSSESS THE BODY

YELLOW, RED, BLUE

YOU ASK WHY SOMETIMES I SAY STOP

YOUR EYES RECALL OLD FANTASIES

YOUR FATHER'S FOURTH HEART ATTACK

YOUR STANDARD MID LIFE CRISIS

ZEROAH: LAMB SHANK



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