Favorite Poet Number Two--Marge Piercy

Another of my favorite poets is Marge Piercy. I think I have most of her books of poetry, except for maybe the most recent one (graduate school superceded any ability to read for pleasure in the last two years). I can't say enough good things about her poetry. She writes in a very visceral kind of way, with metaphors that are so non-cliche and sometimes very in-your-face, but also very lovely too. I love her poems about love, making love, and this one particular poem about a deer dying in a woman's arms. I could barely read that poem, but I had to nonetheless.

Anyway. One of my favorite poems, which I think is applicable for me now, is called "Bridging."
An excerpt (but you can find the whole poem at that previous link):

Being together is knowing
even if what we know
is that we cannot really be together
caught in the teeth of the machinery
of the wrong moments of our lives.

Here are some more poems for your reading pleasure :)