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Mary Hutto Fruchter's avatar

I like this pondering of hell without judgement. I also like thinking that losing our stories is a form of hell, reminding us that remembering who we are, where we come from and our connection to the earth and each other, is a way out of hell

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Candice Bist's avatar

I confess I've never been much interested in hell as some kind of other, or heaven for that matter either, though I love picturing the angels playing cards and drinking Cosmopolitans. Perhaps that reflects my Protestant ethos, where heaven and hell as extremities were soft pedalled, all a bit too dramatic for a tribe that values the middle ground.

But the hell here and now, this interests me, as do writers, poets and artists who play with the darkness but offer no easy answers, no certitude as you say. The hell of here and now is familiar. And less terrifying as the years pass.

I love that your man carried two things, Padraig, and you don't know what they are! What a surprise poetry is.

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