Deborah Kolodji
Deborah P. Kolodji is a divorced mother of three teenagers who uses her information technology career to fund her poetry habit. Her work has appeared recently in Electric Wine , Twilight Times, and Dark Planet. She has three poems upcoming in the anthology, 2001: A Science Fiction Poetry Anthology by Anamnesis Press .
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Here's some other thoughts you can include: the poem was inspired in part by
Baha'u'llah's "Praised be my Lord, the Most High", which is up on
my site. The
reference to the unveiling and the slitting of the throat is from a real
historical event. The Iranian Babi poetess, Tahirih, removed her veil before
a group of men and one slit his throat because he was so morally outraged.
Overall, the poem is about the illusion of loss in love; that if one gives
one's whole heart in love, then one wins in reality. Losing in love is about
holding back love in order to stay safe. When the woman unveils her beauty,
should the man slit his throat in fear or allow himself to drown in her?
From a mystical point of view, giving one's all in love is the only path to
paradise.
Alison Marshall
All one ever needed to know about me is on my web site.
Red Slider
You may read more of Red Slider's poetry on his web page.
