[New-Poetry] Tattered Kaddish

[Suzanne Baran]

Thanks, Debra!

On 11/19/06, Debra Dicembre <debra at debradicembre.com> wrote:
>
> And thankyou for sharing your personal experience of it.
> Both poem and par, beautiful and interesting.
>
> DD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suzanne Baran" <screwzbaran at gmail.com>
> To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &amp,Views"
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> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 11:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Tattered Kaddish
>
>
> > Wow, this poem has me in tears on an otherwise demure Sunday
> > afternoon. My brother killed himself in the 11th month, and I was
> > raised Orhtodox Jewish. I have since become Buddhist with other
> > leanrings, but my education and culture remain significant reminders
> > of my birth identity. I used to say the Kaddish for the dead. This
> > poem has been received at a very auspicious time in my life. Thank
> > you.
> >
> > On 11/19/06, David Graham <GrahamD at ripon.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Tattered Kaddish
> > >
> > >
> > > Taurean reaper of the wild apple field
> > > messenger from earthmire gleaning
> > > transcripts of fog
> > > in the nineteenth year and the eleventh month
> > > speak your tattered Kaddish for all suicides:
> > >
> > > Praise to life though it crumbled in like a tunnel
> > > on ones we knew and loved
> > >
> > > Praise to life though its windows blew shut
> > > on the breathing-room of ones we knew and loved
> > >
> > > Praise to life though ones we knew and loved
> > > loved it badly, too well, and not enough
> > >
> > > Praise to life though it tightened like a knot
> > > on the hearts of ones we thought we knew loved us
> > >
> > > Praise to life giving room and reason
> > > to ones we knew and loved who felt unpraisable
> > >
> > > Praise to them, how they loved it, when they could.
> > >
> > >
> > > 1989
> > >
> > > --Adrienne Rich.  An Atlas of The Difficult World.  1991.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ==========================================
> > >
> > > David Graham
> > >
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