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Marge Piercy is an American poet born on March 31, 1936. Her poetry extensively covers social and political issues, known for her profound social consciousness and feminist perspective.

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All Ifs People Writing Want Long May Wells Mind Mother Real Thinking Knows World Eye Giving Hands My Own Use War Wind

Famous Marge Piercy Quotes

“I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write much at all - no more than any other child who read a lot of books. I began to write fiction and poetry when I first had a room that was truly my own with a door that shut and some measure, however fragile, of privacy.”

Knows Writing Firsts Children Book Would Be My Own Rooms Fiction Doors Privacy Fragile

Author:Marge Piercy

“We may be losing the ability to understand animals who are not pets or horses. We have less contact with them. We don't (most of us) tend to know even cows and pigs, let alone bears or wolverines or red tailed hawks.”

Knows May Ability Animal Bears Losing Red Horse Contact Pet Cows Pigs Hawks

Author:Marge Piercy

“I communicate much better with cats, usually. I know them and their body language - as my own cats know mine very well. Cats are adept at reading subtle signals.”

Knows Wells Body Reading Language My Own Mines Cat Communicate Subtle Signals Body Language Adept

Author:Marge Piercy

“Every poet has a certain amount of "stuff." That's what you draw from for imagery. The more stuff you know well, not simply intellectually but sensually, emotionally, intimately, the wider the pool from which you draw.”

Knows Wells Certain Stuff Poet Amount Draws Pool Imagery

Author:Marge Piercy

“It's really important to visit a site you are writing about. Even if you know it well, even if you have lived there, it's important to take a fresh look in terms of your characters and your story.”

Ifs Knows Writing Wells Looks Important Character Stories Term Site

Author:Marge Piercy

“We can only know what we can truly imagine. Finally what we see comes from ourselves.”

Knows Imagine Utopia

Book:Woman on the Edge of Time

Source: Woman on the Edge of Time

“Live as if you liked yourself, and it may happen: reach out, keep reaching out, keep bringing in. This is how we are going to live for a long time: not always, for every gardener knows that after the digging, after the planting, after the long season of tending and growth, the harvest comes.”

Ifs Knows May Long Happens Growth Long Time Seasons Reaching Reach Out Harvest Gardener Digging

Book:Circles on the Water

Source: Circles on the Water

About the Author

Born: March 31, 1936
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 141

Books & Sources

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