These poems are beautiful and melancholy, and eerily pithy for this day. I also agree that any "great joy" that is commanded is not a genuine joy, but an imposing (posing) joy without much true heart in it. True joy is spontaneous, an emotional reaction. Not scheduled and planned.
It is so sad that religion has relegated you to second class citizen, that you see it, and yet accept it, that you allow your husband to prevent you from participating, that he admonishes you for wanting to.
Thank you for the great translations of yiddish women and your own fine work. I grew up with yiddish speaking grandparents and parents yet had to discover these great literary figures in translation late in life. Nancy Shiffrin https://www.NancyShiffrin.net
Absolutely gorgeous -- soulful and so evocative.
Such a gorgeous braiding of three favorite voices. Thank you, thank you for this feast.
Oh these are beautiful poems.
These poems are beautiful and melancholy, and eerily pithy for this day. I also agree that any "great joy" that is commanded is not a genuine joy, but an imposing (posing) joy without much true heart in it. True joy is spontaneous, an emotional reaction. Not scheduled and planned.
It is so sad that religion has relegated you to second class citizen, that you see it, and yet accept it, that you allow your husband to prevent you from participating, that he admonishes you for wanting to.
Thank you for the great translations of yiddish women and your own fine work. I grew up with yiddish speaking grandparents and parents yet had to discover these great literary figures in translation late in life. Nancy Shiffrin https://www.NancyShiffrin.net
Maybe poetry can save the world. So beautiful, Susan! 💔