Aw, a pleasure Fotini - yeah, she's amazing huh! Awwww, thanks - it took a few passes to get that one right, but it got there in the end - heartwords hurt a little, and need that extra bit of time for the head to catch up.
I read this and subscribed. It's great to see these voices get a spotlight -- both from her original publications and from your current efforts. There is so much to gain from this...
Thanks so much Hasse - that really means a lot! So happy that you got something out of them - this was a special poem to write for me, so it's super meaningful that you enjoyed it :-) Hope see you in the comments again.
A wonderful tribute to Pauline from you. And her poems now that I've read your added bio of her hint perhaps on the sound situation and references to sound are very delicate and discreet yet present. Not in the last poem but the others. I wonder if she didn't write more though just maybe those poems were never found. Exquisite work from her what you've published here.
Aw cheers Pilgrim. Love your discussion about sound in the poems here 💜 She published a dozen or so poems in the 1920s, and then a few more in the 1930s that I don't have access to because they're still under copyright. So over the next 10 years we'll be able to read a few more by her, as they enter the public domain. :-)
Lovely tribute poem, Dick. What a pity Leader didn’t write more. (I quite often think that about your forgotten poets. I suppose in Leader’s case life was just two hard?)
Cheers Thomas - glad you enjoyed it! :-) Yeah - all up I have been able to find 11 poems by her from the 1920s, and a very short piece of prose - not much at all. There are a few more from the 1930s which I don't have access to, cause they are still under copyright - so in 10 years or so, I should have enough to maybe do a small book of her work haha. I did think of you when I was selecting the poems - I felt like some of your experimental use of language and structure shared something with her work. :-)
Thanks, Dick - for the kind comparison and also just for thinking of me. 🙂. 10 years is a long time to wait for that collection, but I sense it might be worth it. Perhaps in preparation, you could write an essay. There would seem many areas of literary interest. Her disability, the poverty, the Jewish experience of the era and so on. It’s just a thought, but I would imagine an essay of the kind would at least get academic interest.
Welcome :-) Haha true that - yeah, could be an idea - thanks so much for the encouragement Thomas. I’ll have to give the thesis I linked above a read - see what they do with her work. Seems like an interesting read :-)
Thank you for introducing me to Pauline, Dick. Your poem for her breaks my heart, but I love it.
Aw, a pleasure Fotini - yeah, she's amazing huh! Awwww, thanks - it took a few passes to get that one right, but it got there in the end - heartwords hurt a little, and need that extra bit of time for the head to catch up.
Worth the wait :)
I read this and subscribed. It's great to see these voices get a spotlight -- both from her original publications and from your current efforts. There is so much to gain from this...
Thanks so much Hasse - that really means a lot! So happy that you got something out of them - this was a special poem to write for me, so it's super meaningful that you enjoyed it :-) Hope see you in the comments again.
A wonderful tribute to Pauline from you. And her poems now that I've read your added bio of her hint perhaps on the sound situation and references to sound are very delicate and discreet yet present. Not in the last poem but the others. I wonder if she didn't write more though just maybe those poems were never found. Exquisite work from her what you've published here.
Aw cheers Pilgrim. Love your discussion about sound in the poems here 💜 She published a dozen or so poems in the 1920s, and then a few more in the 1930s that I don't have access to because they're still under copyright. So over the next 10 years we'll be able to read a few more by her, as they enter the public domain. :-)
Lovely tribute poem, Dick. What a pity Leader didn’t write more. (I quite often think that about your forgotten poets. I suppose in Leader’s case life was just two hard?)
Cheers Thomas - glad you enjoyed it! :-) Yeah - all up I have been able to find 11 poems by her from the 1920s, and a very short piece of prose - not much at all. There are a few more from the 1930s which I don't have access to, cause they are still under copyright - so in 10 years or so, I should have enough to maybe do a small book of her work haha. I did think of you when I was selecting the poems - I felt like some of your experimental use of language and structure shared something with her work. :-)
Thanks, Dick - for the kind comparison and also just for thinking of me. 🙂. 10 years is a long time to wait for that collection, but I sense it might be worth it. Perhaps in preparation, you could write an essay. There would seem many areas of literary interest. Her disability, the poverty, the Jewish experience of the era and so on. It’s just a thought, but I would imagine an essay of the kind would at least get academic interest.
Welcome :-) Haha true that - yeah, could be an idea - thanks so much for the encouragement Thomas. I’ll have to give the thesis I linked above a read - see what they do with her work. Seems like an interesting read :-)
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