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In 1990 her poetry won the golden rose, the oldest poetry award in the country. Marge piercy circles on the water, city of darkness, city of light, colors passing through us, gone to soldiers, he, she and it, mars and her children, moon is always female, my mothers body, pesach for the rest of us, small changes, storm tide, the art of blessing the day, the crooked inheritance, what are big girls made of. The art of blessing the day is marge piercy s fifteenth volume of poetry. Winner of the 2000 paterson poetry prize about marge piercy s collection of her old and new poems that celebrate the jew.
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