A Cracked River (Slow Dancer Poetry)

Literature & Fiction

Hirschhorn, Norbert

Poetry

Slow Dancer Pr

Poetry. Jewish Studies. Music. TO SING AWAY THE DARKEST DAYS is the culmination of a five-year project which saw Norbert Hirschhorn source more than one thousand Yiddish songs. Ruth Rubin, pioneer archivist of Yiddish folksong, wrote: "Yiddish folksongs are in a vernacular closest to the popular speech of the folk." For Hirschhorn they helped him to rediscover and trace his own Jewish cultural history. However, some of the songs 'spoke' to him as a poet and begged for a new translation—or 're-imagining' as he calls it—into English poems. The resulting collection of poems tells the story of the emigrant, the Jew in the Diaspora. Norbert adds his unique view: he personalizes the Diaspora, and at the same time brings a vanished culture back to life. The collection is funny and poignant and captures the Jewish experience, but the struggle and questioning of the poet add an extra dimension.

To Sing Away The Darkest Days - Poems Re-imagined from Yiddish Folksongs

Holland Park Press

Poetry. Jewish Studies. In this very personal collection of poems Norbert Hirschhorn takes stock of his life and gives voice to his quest to pass on the experiences of the generations before him. Or in the author's own words: "Over the past decades I have lived and worked in the Middle East, coming to a greater understanding not only of Judaism, but also the other Abrahamic religions. As I approach my ninth decade of life I am aware of the need to share with my descendants the wisdom, texts and lessons handed down by our ancestors of all religions. The poems in this collection reflect this aim and necessity." Norbert Hirschhorn experiments with rhyme and metre, free verse and prose poems, yet they all are in his inimitable voice. What makes this collection extra special is Norbert Hirschhorn's work on translating some of Fouad M Fouad's poems from the Arabic. Each poem can be savoured on its own but together they paint a picture of a thoughtful poet and American Health Hero (to quote Bill Clinton) trying to catch the essence of life to hand it down to the next generations.

Stone. Bread. Salt.

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