"Rosh Hashanah" by Elijah Perseus Blumov

Topics discussed in this episode include: -The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize! -Regional pronunciations-The Israel-Gaza War ("Avenge, O Lord, Thy Slaughtered Saints....")-Who Is A Jew?-Judaism: Ethnic, Social, Ritualistic, Theological, Artistic-Maimonides' 13 Articles of Faith-The Cosmological Argument-Life's Will-To-Order-The meaning of "Follow Nature."-We are both masks and mouths of God-The Jobean vision-Klezmer and Chazzanut-The Miltonic sonnet-The sour-sweetness of consciousness-When does humanity begin?-Living the apian way  Text of poem: Rosh Hashanah Now to commemorate our species’ birth,take up the apple, sign of sapience,sour as much as sweet, divide and rinseit in the gold which is the sweet of labor’s worth. For well we know the sixth day of the earthwas not our dawn—our kind could not commenceuntil Eve grasped. The cleft from innocence,and then the toiling to redeem the dearthof good one finds in looking on one’s soul—this is to be human. Pluck the fruit,the flowering of conscience, root and boleof suffering, and, like the alchemist bee,work the mind’s dark nectar and transmuteit into gold that sweetens, pays for Eden’s tree. Support the showVISIT MY WEBSITE HERE.BUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE.VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok:  @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets  Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight  Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)