What a truly wonderful introduction to his work, Aviya. I learned to write spare poems from the late William Packard. I'd like to share one of mine that was published in The New York Quarterly many years ago.
you wear
your sadness
like a raincoat
long ago having
lost the belt
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your readers!
What a truly wonderful introduction to his work, Aviya. I learned to write spare poems from the late William Packard. I'd like to share one of mine that was published in The New York Quarterly many years ago.
you wear
your sadness
like a raincoat
long ago having
lost the belt
Happy Thanksgiving to you and all of your readers!
Jane R. Snyder
jane@janersnyder.com
Thank you for this beautiful comment Jane, and for this lovely short poem!! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Aviya!
Thank you for these wonderful poems and your comments. I do love short poems-Jane Hirshfield! It's a beautiful fall day for poetry in California.
Aaah yes! Jane Hirshfield! Happy to hear it's a lovely day for poetry in CA--it's my pleasure to share these Menashe poems. Shabbat shalom!
Once again, I recommend Dan Friedman's lovely piece on Samuel Menashe--you can read it here:
https://danfriedmanme.substack.com/p/an-undiscovered-poem-of-a-neglected?r=g8wcl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true