{"id":2993,"date":"2021-01-24T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2021-01-24T08:52:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T08:52:15","slug":"january-24-2021-politics-and-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenalkalay-gut.com\/january-24-2021-politics-and-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"january 24, 2021 – politics and poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The New York Times inspired me to finally write about this<\/a><\/p>\n

when I saw the inauguration last week I kept myself from crying – the way poetry was part of the message of models of faith for the future.  Models FOR faith, not in faith.  HOW to believe in the future and how to be the kind of people that could make it happen.  <\/p>\n

The poetry itself seemed more spoken word than poetry to me, but Amanda Gorman did an amazing job in fulfilling the hope that we can change our lives, the direction of our politics.  And Biden’s reinforcement of that kind of belief in his quotation from Heaney’s poetry, something that was characteristic of empathic presidents before him – from Kennedy to Clinton to Biden, made me believe. <\/p>\n

And it made me see the contrasts between our leadership in Israel and the hope for the future in the U.S. government.   When Shimon Peres would quote a line from poetry, you knew he read the poem and chose it himself.  When Bibi – or any of the other politicians in the country – quote a poem, you know they’ve had some speechwriter who had combed the web for famous sayings…  <\/p>\n

Thanks to Linda Streit for pointing out this op-ed to me<\/p>\n

Please let us hear more encouraging words that shape and enable a better society in the future.<\/p>\n

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