So lovely. I am less familiar with Esther, than the earlier stories of Genesis and Exodus. I swear I think I always got so bored after the Hebrew children escaped from Egypt that I nagged my mother to start the bible story book over!
These just keep getting better. I’m named after a flower, so naturally I am partial to her original name. And can understand why she’d want to return to it.
I love it, so beautifully done. Do you work your way through the BCP lectionary? It had me in Esther this morning and man, it's a page-turner. This nails so much. Thank you.
It’s pretty new to me, doing it regularly. Today I figured Jesus wouldn’t mind if I binged Esther. Again: so poignant, Tania. I feel like the things that are written make so many of the unwritten things clear but it takes a poet to call it out. I love what you see.
So lovely. I am less familiar with Esther, than the earlier stories of Genesis and Exodus. I swear I think I always got so bored after the Hebrew children escaped from Egypt that I nagged my mother to start the bible story book over!
These just keep getting better. I’m named after a flower, so naturally I am partial to her original name. And can understand why she’d want to return to it.
I love flower names! Thank you so much for your kind words, Rosa!
Love this. So beautiful.
Bravo! Such an insightful and personal telling. Your craft is evident, but you've skillfully concealed its tracks to allow prominence to her voice.
Thank you so much, Mark!
You inhabit her voice so easily that I believe it. Just beautiful.
Thank you so much, Abigail!
The myrtle/star imagery is a lovely thread tying the poem and her life together into a whole.
I love how well biblical imagery works so naturally, even when it isn’t “trying”’
I love it, so beautifully done. Do you work your way through the BCP lectionary? It had me in Esther this morning and man, it's a page-turner. This nails so much. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Katy! I don’t work through the lectionary, but that’s a great idea!
It’s pretty new to me, doing it regularly. Today I figured Jesus wouldn’t mind if I binged Esther. Again: so poignant, Tania. I feel like the things that are written make so many of the unwritten things clear but it takes a poet to call it out. I love what you see.
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