I think it's rather because spec. poets so often default to familiar tropes, tropes that everyone in the genre recognizes; for example, Brothers Grimm fairytales seem to be very popular, and everyone is writing them - Jews, PoC of different cultures/countries, white folks, everyone. In MoC, for example, I have a Holocaust Cinderella poem by a Jewish poet, and a lesbian Cinderella poem by a South American poet; chosen from a veritable pageant of Cinderellas. I am not sure that say, dybbuks are less recognizable than Cinderella at this point, but here you go. Part of our work for ST is to try to encourage poets to take more chances, rather than default to the familiar. It seems to be working. Which is to say, yes, please, I'd love to see Jewish poems, or anything else-poems from you. :-)
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Part of our work for ST is to try to encourage poets to take more chances, rather than default to the familiar. It seems to be working.
Which is to say, yes, please, I'd love to see Jewish poems, or anything else-poems from you. :-)
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