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The prophets of old expressed themselves in powerful, soaring rhetoric, in inspired bombasts of eloquence, and yes – in poetry. So it’s no accident, that some of those most appropriate for our project on contemporary prophets are themselves poets! And poetesses. The feminist movement in particular has been graced (Paley) with an (Adrienne) rich array of (Marge) piercy-ing, prophetic voices that have contributed to this hard-won transformation to\u00a0a more just, inclusive world.
\nThis is the second in a series of feminist poets as contemporary prophets, working to change our consciousness and society.<\/p>\n

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In\u00a0answer to the question \u201cDoes poetry play a role in social change?\u201d Adrienne Rich once answered:<\/p>\n

“Yes, where poetry is liberative language, connecting the fragments within us, connecting us to others like and unlike ourselves, replenishing our desire. . . . In poetry words can say more than they mean and mean more than they say. In a time of frontal assaults both on language and on human solidarity, poetry can remind us of all we are in danger of losing\u2014disturb us, embolden us out of resignation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

There are many great poets, but not all of them alter the ways in which we understand the world we live in; not all of them suggest that words can be held responsible. Remarkably, Adrienne Rich did this, and continues to do this, for generations of readers.
\n(Claudia Rankine, “Adrienne Rich’s Poetic Transformations,” New Yorker<\/em>, May 12, 2016).<\/p>\n

“Adrienne Rich’s poems were acts of change, explosive political entities, never tricks or games or vain displays of craft (although they were exquisitely crafted). Reading her, I understood that poets were not meant to hover above the world; poems were burned in the grief, loneliness and outrage of the world. Her poems were rhythmic mappings of survival. They broke taboos and questioned the givens. Rich made me believe for the first time that perhaps the bifurcation of struggle and song was not in fact the path to great literary achievement, but instead a dangerous road to narcissism, abstraction and denial” (Eve Ensler, The Guardian, April 6, 2012).<\/p>\n

Quotes of Adrienne Rich:<\/p>\n

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.<\/p>\n

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.<\/p>\n

Poetry is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.<\/p>\n

If you are trying to transform a brutalized society into one where people can live in dignity and hope, you begin with the empowering of the most powerless. You build from the ground up.<\/p>\n

My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.<\/p>\n

The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.<\/p>\n

In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence.<\/p>\n

Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe.<\/p>\n

Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":65505,"id":65505,"title":"adrienne-rich","filename":"adrienne-rich.jpeg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/prophets-of-today-adrienne-rich\/adrienne-rich\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"adrienne-rich","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":65502,"date":"2019-11-10 11:29:59","modified":"2019-11-10 11:30:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":900,"height":615,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich-150x150.jpeg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich-300x205.jpeg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":205,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich-768x525.jpeg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":525,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich.jpeg","large-width":900,"large-height":615,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich.jpeg","1536x1536-width":900,"1536x1536-height":615,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich.jpeg","2048x2048-width":900,"2048x2048-height":615,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich.jpeg","post_full_size-width":900,"post_full_size-height":615,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/adrienne-rich-615x420.jpeg","home_baner-width":615,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"Prophets Of Today - 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