The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown.

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They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

They can rule the world while they can persuade us our pain belongs in some...

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A thinking woman sleeps with monsters.

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

A revolutionary poem will not tell you who or when to kill, what and when...

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and...

Life on the planet is born of woman.

Life on the planet is born of woman.

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

We might possess every technological resource... but if our language is inadequate, our vision remains...

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our...

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power...

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power...

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never...

The moment of change is the only poem.

The moment of change is the only poem.

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real...

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real...

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to...