tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post8361219729838056236..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Bury ItChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-19931137923662399542011-04-14T16:47:09.002-04:002011-04-14T16:47:09.002-04:00reminds me of elizabeth bishop (stolen from a clos...reminds me of elizabeth bishop (stolen from a close friend's wall) . . . . . <br /><br />The art of losing isn't hard to master;<br />so many things seem filled with the intent<br />to be lost that their loss is no disaster.<br /><br />Lose something every day. Accept the fluster<br />of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.<br />The art of losing isn't hard to master.<br /><br />Then practice losing farther, losing faster:<br />places, and names, and where it was you meant <br />to travel. None of these will bring disaster.<br /><br />I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or<br />next-to-last, of three loved houses went.<br />The art of losing isn't hard to master.<br /><br />I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,<br />some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.<br />I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.<br /><br />--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture<br />I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident<br />the art of losing's not too hard to master<br />though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-12015930442671520132011-04-10T13:38:32.161-04:002011-04-10T13:38:32.161-04:00This really struck a chord for me.
I tend to bur...This really struck a chord for me. <br /><br />I tend to bury what I fear I cannot bear. Sometimes I think learning to bear what I fear is far better than putting in so much work to keep it buried. If only it were not so difficult. <br /><br />Thus:<br /><br />Bury all I fear.<br />Learning to bear is better.<br />Un-shed tears still sting.Ish Yehudihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09559113766026730554noreply@blogger.com