Leslie G
@leslieg.bsky.social
Poetry, expressive figurative art, dance, visual art, citizen of the world.
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“I’m writing; I invite you to my life.”
—Yanyi in THE YEAR OF BLUE WATER 💙
—Yanyi in THE YEAR OF BLUE WATER 💙
March 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“I’m writing; I invite you to my life.”
—Yanyi in THE YEAR OF BLUE WATER 💙
—Yanyi in THE YEAR OF BLUE WATER 💙
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RIP Michael Burkard — a devastating loss for poetry. I’ll be saying hello to the moon 🕯️🌙
December 24, 2024 at 5:57 PM
RIP Michael Burkard — a devastating loss for poetry. I’ll be saying hello to the moon 🕯️🌙
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The Antisemitism Post (tm) from @theradr.bsky.social: Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-antisemi...
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-antisemi...
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 30, 2024 at 9:41 PM
The Antisemitism Post (tm) from @theradr.bsky.social: Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-antisemi...
www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-antisemi...
I am over the poetmoon to share the link to my poem 'O, the Star', up on Minyan Magazine, a dream journal for me! TY, Kelly Grace Thomas for the workshop that birthed it, Todd Workman & Qi'Ang Meng for the workshopping pokes, & thank you for reading it!
www.minyanmag.com/lesliegrollm...
www.minyanmag.com/lesliegrollm...
Emmy Roday | MINYAN
O, the Star by Leslie Grollman
www.minyanmag.com
April 30, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I am over the poetmoon to share the link to my poem 'O, the Star', up on Minyan Magazine, a dream journal for me! TY, Kelly Grace Thomas for the workshop that birthed it, Todd Workman & Qi'Ang Meng for the workshopping pokes, & thank you for reading it!
www.minyanmag.com/lesliegrollm...
www.minyanmag.com/lesliegrollm...
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load me up with your / darkness too,
Paul Celan, tr. Peter Lach-Newinsky
Paul Celan, tr. Peter Lach-Newinsky
April 8, 2024 at 6:04 PM
load me up with your / darkness too,
Paul Celan, tr. Peter Lach-Newinsky
Paul Celan, tr. Peter Lach-Newinsky
from Under the Dome / Walks with Paul Celan:
"He loves words. He erases them as if they should bleed."
"He loves words. He erases them as if they should bleed."
March 19, 2024 at 12:47 AM
from Under the Dome / Walks with Paul Celan:
"He loves words. He erases them as if they should bleed."
"He loves words. He erases them as if they should bleed."
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I recently started working at the Magnes Collection. The other day I saw a newly acquired Haggadah from Metz, 1757. Designed like Talmud with core text and commentaries. Wine stains. Gives me the chills
March 15, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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it’s not writer’s block
it’s a choice
this poem in my chest
has grown fangs
and I can’t decide:
should I let it eat me
or let it eat you?
#poem
it’s a choice
this poem in my chest
has grown fangs
and I can’t decide:
should I let it eat me
or let it eat you?
#poem
March 5, 2024 at 12:44 AM
it’s not writer’s block
it’s a choice
this poem in my chest
has grown fangs
and I can’t decide:
should I let it eat me
or let it eat you?
#poem
it’s a choice
this poem in my chest
has grown fangs
and I can’t decide:
should I let it eat me
or let it eat you?
#poem
March 7, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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February 29, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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In Judaism we talk about “disagreements for the sake of heaven.”
In the Talmud, when matters of Jewish law can’t be resolved on the page, there’s a cute acronym that’s basically, “someday Elijah the prophet will show up and tell us who won but until then 🤷”
Not all disagreements are bad or wrong.
In the Talmud, when matters of Jewish law can’t be resolved on the page, there’s a cute acronym that’s basically, “someday Elijah the prophet will show up and tell us who won but until then 🤷”
Not all disagreements are bad or wrong.
February 25, 2024 at 8:13 PM
In Judaism we talk about “disagreements for the sake of heaven.”
In the Talmud, when matters of Jewish law can’t be resolved on the page, there’s a cute acronym that’s basically, “someday Elijah the prophet will show up and tell us who won but until then 🤷”
Not all disagreements are bad or wrong.
In the Talmud, when matters of Jewish law can’t be resolved on the page, there’s a cute acronym that’s basically, “someday Elijah the prophet will show up and tell us who won but until then 🤷”
Not all disagreements are bad or wrong.
brilliant. inspiring. provocative. the next time I see this I will have pen and paper in hand so I can be in conversation with it. so many thoughts passed through my mind.
February 9, 2024 at 9:41 PM
brilliant. inspiring. provocative. the next time I see this I will have pen and paper in hand so I can be in conversation with it. so many thoughts passed through my mind.
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How white nationalists on social media are trying to exploit the Gaza war — by @eladn.bsky.social
Opinion | How white nationalists on social media are trying to exploit the Gaza war
And that is only the tip of the iceberg.
www.msnbc.com
January 8, 2024 at 5:07 PM
How white nationalists on social media are trying to exploit the Gaza war — by @eladn.bsky.social
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Very disturbing development in the recent explosion of online antisemitism, this time with the blessing & support of the Chinese government.
I don't think we've fully absorbed the power of internationalized bigotry spread through the internet. The usual national dynamics are less and less relevant.
I don't think we've fully absorbed the power of internationalized bigotry spread through the internet. The usual national dynamics are less and less relevant.
Opinion | Fueling online antisemitism is China’s new tool against the West
Antisemitism is on the rise in China, with Chinese authorities stoking the flames.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Very disturbing development in the recent explosion of online antisemitism, this time with the blessing & support of the Chinese government.
I don't think we've fully absorbed the power of internationalized bigotry spread through the internet. The usual national dynamics are less and less relevant.
I don't think we've fully absorbed the power of internationalized bigotry spread through the internet. The usual national dynamics are less and less relevant.
@readinstead.bsky.social Hi! It was my turn to facilitate the poetry deep-dive. I chose your brilliant poem 'contextualizing...'. We spent a wonderful 1/2 hr discussing the poem, how it does what it does, etc. I sent 5 photos to the group to choose 1. Led 3 prompts to dump ideas, then time to write.
January 7, 2024 at 3:34 PM
@readinstead.bsky.social Hi! It was my turn to facilitate the poetry deep-dive. I chose your brilliant poem 'contextualizing...'. We spent a wonderful 1/2 hr discussing the poem, how it does what it does, etc. I sent 5 photos to the group to choose 1. Led 3 prompts to dump ideas, then time to write.
for tickets: stan.store/Mar-art-model
January 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM
for tickets: stan.store/Mar-art-model
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“Poetry survives because it haunts and it haunts because it is simultaneously utterly clear and deeply mysterious, because it cannot be entirely accounted for, it cannot be exhausted.”
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
January 5, 2024 at 3:27 AM
“Poetry survives because it haunts and it haunts because it is simultaneously utterly clear and deeply mysterious, because it cannot be entirely accounted for, it cannot be exhausted.”
— Louise Glück
— Louise Glück
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We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.
Judith Butler
Judith Butler
January 4, 2024 at 4:02 PM
We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.
Judith Butler
Judith Butler
December 30, 2023 at 1:39 AM