Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU had many kinder words, and I wish to tell you that what I wrote, I felt...very much.
Think, if all the fireworks
this New Year,
miraculously were
in the hands
of all the hungry children
pieces of bread.
Think, if for once
this New Year,
on the bridge of Sidney
we don't see fireworks
but the pictures of not so
fortunate children instead.
Think, if all that money
this New Year,
of so many fireworks
were used enterely
to calm one day of hunger
and tomorrow's fear.
Think...when you light
each firework
this New Year,
that you aren't saying
good-bye to the old
or welcoming the new...
no, my friend,
you will be burning away
someone's bread.
This deeply and visibly heartfelt poem was written two weeks ago... but its powerful message comes across with a greater impact than ever, now that this Year is nearing its end - and we all prepare to welcome the New one. Also here, in the country where I live, people indulge in this noisy - and very expensive - tradition of celebrating just about everything with fireworks... and, like you, my friend, I wish that bread (both the one that nourishes the body and that which feeds the spirit) were not burned away like this...
May the New Year bring about deeper consciousness and brighter perspectives.
With my admiration and affection,
Alexandra*
The lines of this composition are "Fireworks of New Year" calling for fire of JUSTICE to etch the sublimity of humanity on the hearts of our leaders.
May the contents of this poem ignite the dynamo of JUSTICE and wisdom in the inner hearts of mankind, and may togetherness become the bridge that lead to peace and accomplishments.
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
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May the New Year bring about deeper consciousness and brighter perspectives.
With my admiration and affection,
Alexandra*
The lines of this composition are "Fireworks of New Year" calling for fire of JUSTICE to etch the sublimity of humanity on the hearts of our leaders.
May the contents of this poem ignite the dynamo of JUSTICE and wisdom in the inner hearts of mankind, and may togetherness become the bridge that lead to peace and accomplishments.
In gratitude and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Love,
CJ