The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems on Jewish Themes by Piercy, Marge

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Title:	The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems on Jewish Themes
Author:	Piercy, Marge
Publisher:	Five Leaves Publications
Format:	Paperback
ISBN:	0 907123 47 3	Pages:	200
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The Art of Blessing the Day: Poems on Jewish Themes by Piercy, Marge A collection based on themes of family (mishpocheh), repair of the world (tikkun olam), marriage (chuppah), history and interpretation (toladot, midrashim), prayer (tefillah) and the Jewish year (ha-shana). "This is what I want from poetry: generosity, sensuous imagery, musicality, celebration, the voice of community" - Poetry Quarterly Review "The titles of her poems suggest accurately the flavour of her book: nailing Up the Mezuzah; the Chuppah; Meditations Before Reading the Torah; The Rabbi's Granddaughter and the Christmas Tree... Some of these poems do lift off the page and are charmingly inventive." - Ham & High The Art of Blessing the Day (extract from the title poem) This is blessing for rain after drought: Come down, wash the air so it shimmers, a perfumed shawl of lavender chiffon. Let the parched leaves suckle and swell. Enter my skin, wash me for the little chrysalis of sleep rocked in your plashing. In the morning the world is peeled to shining. Marge Piercy is the author of more than a dozen novels and an equal number of poetry collections. Her writing has been translated into 16 languages.
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