Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Great Regulars: The forlorn nature of the poem suggests

a single voice speaking to a dear friend or love, perhaps one yet to arrive in America or about to disembark at Ellis Island. The narrator reminisces about the splendor of their shared dreams and contrasts them with the realities the listener is bound to find. While dreaming of the simple pleasures of youth, springtime greenery, and singing birds, the reader is shocked by the simple truth, "you will not find me there."

[by Morris Rosenfeld]

Mayn Rue Platz

from Forward: The Arty Semite: Dreams and Disillusion: 'Mayn Rue-Platz' by Morris Rosenfeld

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