are exiled. Gershon uses the line "She was a
             stranger even in her sleep," (Gershon, 11) and then repeats the
             phrasing in this line "She was a stranger even as a mother,"
             (Gershon, 31) showing a further connection between both exiled
             persons. The second line is more poignant because mothering
             should be natural to women and it is not. In this poem, there
             is no mention of God. Ruth accepts the exile because of her son.
             The last two lines immediately reminded me of Gershon's work
             "Sarah," where the power of God is diminished. "Oh honey in the
             desert that is man,/ I love you better than I do my own
             (Gershon, 39-40)." In these lines Ruth
             ...