Blog — Marge Piercy

Chilly, Wndy, and Kitten-less

It’s been unseasonably cold this week with sometimes fierce winds just about every day.

Marge PiercyMay 2, 2022Comment

Chipmunk Visit

Schwartzie thought the animal was dead. Zip, zowie! It was gone in a flash into my office.

Marge PiercyApril 23, 2022Comment

Reading on the Radio

Last Wednesday, I performed on The Poet’s Corner a newly revised radio program on WOMR-FM.

Marge PiercyApril 11, 2022 Comments

My Birthday Week

When my mother read my palm as I was visiting them from college, she told me I’d die between the ages of 38 and 42.

Marge PiercyApril 4, 2022 Comments

How I Became a Giant Tooth

It started tentatively Friday night in bed.

Marge PiercyMarch 26, 2022Comment

A Very Social Week and a Reading

It all began with the arrival of Melenie and Jay on Friday, when we served a duck.

Marge PiercyMarch 20, 2022Comment

Trying to Write a Difficult Poem

Since I’m obsessed with the Ukraine and Russian’s criminal war against a country that was democratic and fairly prosperous, I’m trying to write a poem about it.

Marge PiercyMarch 12, 2022Comment

Various Obsessions

The Ukraine obsesses me, reminding me of the desperate and helpless feeling I had after years of being unable to stop or even or slow down the Vietnam war and its murder of civilians.

Marge PiercyMarch 7, 2022Comment

What the Merchant Marine Means to Me

This morning I remembered for the first time in decades that in high school I entered a contest, WHAT THE MERCHANT MARINE MEANS TO ME. The prize was something like $25, which meant a lot to poor teenage kid in Detroit.

Marge PiercyFebruary 27, 2022Comment

An Empty Greenhouse Awaits the Seedlings

The storm predicted to hit us hard, didn’t.

Marge PiercyFebruary 19, 2022 Comments

February Thaw

I will miss football Sundays. It’s a great excuse to take off Sunday afternoons and relax.

Marge PiercyFebruary 14, 2022Comment

It'll Be a Winter to Remember...If We Get Through It

We were dealing most of the week with great piles of snow.

Marge PiercyFebruary 6, 2022 Comment

Freezing Outside But Getting Stuff Done

One task we had been putting off for almost two years: we went through the refrigerator freezer.

Marge PiercyJanuary 24, 2022 Comment

A Heartbreaking Week

Mingus began to look under the weather last Friday.

Marge PiercyJanuary 16, 2022 Comments

Back to What Passes for Normal These Days

With the holiday tree given to the woods to turn slowly to compost and the ornaments packed away, the living room is back to normal, everything in its usual place.

Marge PiercyJanuary 9, 2022Comment