Conversation With the Soul

from How can I keep (from) singing? by Anat Halevy Hochberg

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Conversation With the Soul

The soul said, give me something to look at
So I gave her a farm. She said, it’s too large.
So I gave her a field.The two of us sat down

Sometimes, I would fall in love with a lake, or a pinecone.
But I liked her most - She knew it.
Keep writing, she said. So I did.

Each time the new snow fell
We would be married again
The holy dead sat down by our bed
This went on for years.

This field is getting too small, she said.
Don’t you know anyone else to fall in love with?
What would you have said to her?

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from How can I keep (from) singing?, released July 8, 2020
poem by Robert Bly
music by Anat Hochberg and Jeremy Lunzer

Conversation with the Soul “The poem is recorded through arrangement with Georges Borchardt, Inc., on behalf of Robert Bly. All rights reserved.”

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Anat Halevy Hochberg Boston, Massachusetts

Classical training meets Yiddish soul, Yemenite melody, and an affinity for folk music. Boston-based. Fiercely stubborn & frustratingly sensitive. Likes to sing to people and to sing with people. Also produced elulmusicproject.bandcamp.org. Check it. See more of my work at anathalevyhochberg.com // @anathalevyhochberg on insta ... more

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