In my January column I promised I would return to the poetry of Marge Piercy. Now I'll tell you why. I had spent a rainy Sunday reading poetry—three volumes that day. The first two I read were by a member of the literary Establishment and were the kind of poetry I generally praise—for controlled metrical form, often with rhyme, understatement, wit, irony, rationality, a tone that is intellectual, genteel, delicately sensitive, precise. And I nodded half the day.
I was left with a throat dry with admiration….
This is a free excerpt of 86 words. There are 766 words (approx.
3 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Piercy, Marge 1936–: Critical Essay by Judson Jerome Access Pass.
