By Marc Eliot Stein, Zolemba Zolemba, October 22, 2023
Judih Weinstein Haggai, wolemba ndakatulo wamkulu wa haiku, mphunzitsi, amayi, agogo ndi bwenzi lakale la Literary Kicks, wasowa kuyambira Okutobala 7 kuchokera ku Kibbutz Nir Oz pafupi ndi malire a Gaza komwe amakhala ndi mwamuna wake Gad. Takhala tikudikirira kuyambira tsiku lowopsalo ndi chiyembekezo kuti Judih ndi Gadi akadali ndi moyo. Nkhope zawo zawonekera mkati malipoti monga banja la Hagai likuchonderera mofunitsitsa kuti mudziwe zambiri, ndipo tikusunga ulusi wa Judih womwe ukuyenda Litkicks Facebook tsamba.
Pali mwayi woti Judih ndi Gadi ali moyo ndipo akusungidwa ngati akapolo, ndiye tikudikirira ndikupempherera kuti abwerere bwino. Tikupempheranso mwachangu ndikulankhula m'mabwalo agulu kuti tifune kuti Israeli ndi Hamas athetse nkhondo zomwe zitha kuyambitsa zokambirana zamtendere. Monga wotsutsa nkhondo komanso wotsogolera ukadaulo wa bungwe lapadziko lonse lapansi World BEYOND War, Ndikudziwa momvetsa chisoni kuti luso la diplomacy ndi zokambirana zamtendere zili pansi kwambiri m'nthawi yathu ino ya imperialism ya linga ndi kukwera kwa fascism padziko lonse lapansi. Koma nkhani zamtendere mungathe kumapangitsadi kusintha m'dera lililonse lankhondo padziko lapansi. Njira yolimba mtima yokambilana zamtendere ingathandize kupulumutsa miyoyo ya anthu ogwidwa ukapolo ndikuwatsogolera ku njira yotalikirana ndi chidani chopanda pake ndi chiwawa chomwe chimayambitsa zowawa zambiri kwa Ayuda ndi Aluya ndi Asilamu ndi anthu okonda mtendere padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndinali ndikuganiza kale zambiri za Palestine chakumapeto kwa Okutobala 7, chifukwa ndinali nditangogwetsa gawo lotentha la World BEYOND War Podcast yotchedwa "Ulendo wochokera ku Gaza City", kuyankhulana ndi mnzanga ndi wogwira nawo ntchito a Mohammed Abunahel za kukula mu mzinda wa Gaza wozunguliridwa ndi kupeza njira yopita ku moyo watsopano monga wasayansi wa ndale ndi dokotala yemwe ali ndi banja lomwe likukula ku India.
Zaka 22 zapitazo, pamene ndinakumana koyamba ndi Judih Haggai pa ndakatulo ya Literary Kicks Action Poetry ndi Haiku. gulu la uthenga, Sindikadadziwa zokwanira kupanga podcast iyi. Ndidayenera kupeza njira yanga yolimbikitsira mtendere, ndipo koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 2000 Judih Haggai anali m'modzi mwa anthu anzeru angapo omwe adandithandiza kundiwunikira njira iyi.
Zaka zomwe gulu la ndakatulo la a Litkicks lakhala likuyenda bwino ndi zaka zotentha kwambiri pambuyo pa Seputembara 11, 2001, pomwe zokambirana zankhondo ndi mtendere zinali zolemetsa monga momwe zilili masiku ano. Ndinachita chidwi ndi zomwe zinkawoneka ngati zotsutsana za Judih: ankakhala pa kibbutz pafupi kwambiri ndi malire a Gaza, komabe adalankhula momveka bwino za ufulu wa Palestina, chifukwa chotsutsana ndi zigawenga za Israeli, chifukwa cha lingaliro lakuti magulu osweka angakhalepo. kuchilitsidwa mwa kulankhulana ndi kuyanjanitsa. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ichi ndi chifukwa chake adalemba ndakatulo, ndipo ndikukayikira kuti ndichifukwa chake amawonetsa zidole ndikuphunzitsa ana. Judih anandiuza kuti iye ndi mwamuna wake analoŵa m’gulu lawo lotchedwa kibbutz mwachidwi, kuti zaka zowawa za ndale zachiwawa zinam’fooketsa koma sizinagonjetse mtendere wake. Anandiuza za kulimbana kwake kosalekeza kuti afotokoze malingaliro opita patsogolo mkati mwa kibbutz yake, komwe nthawi zambiri ankadzipeza akugwira ntchito yamtendere, kutsutsa mikangano yowawa ya anthu omwe amakonda chiwawa kapena chidani ndi mtima wake wonse. Ndikukhulupirira kuti Judih anandithandiza kukhala munthu wolankhula mosabisa mawu amene ndili lero.
Ndikuyang'ana lero zithunzi za tsiku lomwe ndinakumana ndi Judih ndi Gad payekha ku New York City ndi idagunda maikolofoni yotseguka ku Bowery Poetry Club ku East Village komwe Gary "Mex" Glazner anali MCing mndandanda wochititsa chidwi kuphatikizapo Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Daniel Nester, Regie Cabico ndi Todd Colby. Judih anakwera siteji kuti awerenge haikuku ndi mavesi ena. Ndimakonda chithunzi chake kumtunda uku ndikumwetulira kwakukulu, limodzi ndi Lite-Brite wa Walt Whitman. Zowawitsa mtima kuwona chithunzichi ndikuganizira zovuta zomwe Judih akukumana nazo pompano.
Ndikayang'ana chithunzi china cha Judih ndi ine mkati mwa zokambirana zamphamvu tsiku limenelo, ndipo malingana ndi maonekedwe a nkhope zathu ndi kubetcha kwabwino tikukamba za nkhondo ya Iraq ya George W. Bush, yomwe inali miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yokha. chakale panthawiyi ndipo akadali mu "gawo lachisangalalo" ndi atolankhani. Uwu unali mutu womwe tinkakambirana m’chilimwe cha 2003, makamaka kwa anthu ngati ine ndi Judih. Ndikukhulupirira kuti tidalankhulanso za kudzikuza komwe kukukwera kwa gulu lankhondo lakumanja la Israeli, komanso za mawonekedwe osawoneka bwino a dziko lapansi lomwe limakonda kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochulukirapo komanso capitalism yadyera. Nachi chinthu choseketsa: Nthaŵi zambiri ndinali wosakhulupirira m’zaka zimenezo, ndipo Judih nthaŵi zonse anali patsogolo panga, wanzeru pang’ono kuposa ine. Mwachitsanzo, sindinatchule kuti ndine wotsutsa nkhondo mu 2003. Ndinali Myuda wosokonezeka mu New York City pambuyo pa September 11 ndipo sindinkadziwa kuti gehena ndi chiyani! M’makambitsirano osiyanasiyana amene tinali nawo pa imelo, ndakatulo ndi makambirano m’zaka zimenezi, Judih nthaŵi zonse ankalankhula za ine, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti anandithandiza kwambiri.
Lero, ndikulingalira Judih akutsutsana ndi zofuna zake m'malo obisalamo ku Gaza, mwina atavulala kwambiri pamodzi ndi mwamuna wake ndipo modzidzimuka komanso ali ndi chisoni chifukwa cha kibbutz yawo. Ngakhale ndi mantha omwe Judih angakhale akukumana nawo ngati akadali ndi moyo, sindingathe kulota kuti wapeza mawu oti alankhule naye, komanso kuti akuchita pang'ono zomwe amachita nthawi zonse, kulikonse kumene anali: kulankhula. , kunena nthano, kumanga milatho, kulimba mtima kugwetsa khoma.
Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu ambiri amandiwona ngati wopanda pake chifukwa ndimakhulupirira kuti tsoka la Israeli / Palestine komanso tsoka la Ukraine / Russia ndi nkhondo ina iliyonse padziko lapansi zitha kuthetsedwa ndi zokambirana zamtendere. Ndine wotsimikiza kuti anthu ambiri amandiona ngati "wacky" chifukwa ndimayesa kunena kuti sindimakhulupirira mayiko, komanso kuti sindikuganiza kuti ndikofunikira kapena koyenera kuti dziko lotchedwa Israeli kapena Palestine kapena United States. a America kapena Ukraine kapena Russia alipo pa dziko lapansi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mayiko ndi lingaliro la Napoleonic kuti ndife okonzeka kusinthika kupitirira. Ndi mantha okha ndi chidani chomwe chasiyidwa ndi zaka mazana ambiri zankhondo zowopsa, zopweteketsa mtima zomwe zapangitsa kuti anthu asamavutike ndi lingaliro lachikale la fuko: chiwopsezo cholimba cha zowawa zowawa kwambiri zomwe tikuyenera kusiya kuti tisinthe. mtundu wa anthu wabwinoko ndi dziko lapansi labwinopo.
Mwina ndichifukwa ndimakhulupirira zinthu zonse zomwe panthawi yachiyembekezo ndimadzilola kuganiza kuti Judih akupanga msonkhano wa haiku ndi anthu ovutika mumzinda wa Gaza mumsewu kwinakwake. Ngati ali moyo, ndikudziwa kuti akugwetsa makoma ndi kupanga mabwenzi, monga momwe adachitira ndi ine zaka makumi awiri zapitazo nthawi yomaliza yomwe tinakumana. Wolemba ndakatulo amatha kuchita zozizwitsa, ndipo ndizomwe ndikuyembekeza motsutsana ndi zovuta zambiri zomwe zikuchitika ku Gaza lero. Ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti maboma athu opusa akhoza kusiya kuwombera mabomba ndi mizinga ndikuyamba kukhala pansi kuti tikambirane zamtendere, tsopano, kuti tipulumutse miyoyo yathu yonse.
Ndisintha positi iyi ya Litkicks ndi zambiri, ndipo ndikukonzekeranso kujambula kuyankhulana kwa podikasiti ndi mnzanga wa Judih komwe izituluka posachedwa.
