Jehanne Dubrow
After the memoirs of Glikl of Hameln,
composed from 1691 to 1719.
[Sometimes a mother’s love can overflow]
Sometimes a mother’s love can overflow,
as when a cup is filled with too much wine.
There was a Shabes once, and in the shine
of candlelight I barely saw the glow
had dazzled me. Too late I came to know
that loss and happiness could intertwine.
I braided them together, made them mine.
I mixed the salt with honey in the dough.
I should have let my gladness burn the way
a flame reduces into wax, allowed
myself to flicker low, no large display
of joy. I should have learned Hashem is proud
of what He forms. The light is His, the prayer,
the daughter’s name I whisper everywhere.
~for Matte, who died when she was three
[At dawn, the men would leave the synagogue]
At dawn, the men would leave the synagogue
and go to Hamburg where they sold our goods
and haggled in our former neighborhoods.
Like migratory birds, they moved through fog.
They traveled past the inky slick of ice
that dulled the streets all winter. Fearing hate,
they dressed in drab and didn’t congregate
together, or crouch together over merchandise.
Near evening, when the gates were closed, they left
the city for Altona. Coming back,
their route was treacherous and walnut-black,
the soldiers like a violent shadow, theft
and thrashings in the night, a sudden cry
as when a starling tumbles from the sky.
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| Brittany Vogel is an award-winning, New Jersey-based painter known for her bold color and beautifully expressive line. Her Powerful Women series has struck a chord well beyond the gallery walls, earning inclusion in multiple exhibitions including a Monmouth Museum x Smithsonian Exhibition and coverage in numerous press outlets, including Yahoo! News and feature spreads in TapInto and 07030 Magazine.
Vogel's work lives in public spaces as much as private collections. She created a 12-foot interactive mural, Suffragists Marching, in the Columbus Circle subway station, and has delivered artist talks at the Bruce Museum and the Hoboken Historical Museum. Her achievements include the competitive Merit Scholarship from the Art Students League of New York and features in three consecutive Monmouth Museum Annual Juried Exhibitions. She has mounted solo shows of both her Powerful Women and Order vs. Chaos series in New York City and New Jersey.
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