In case you didn't get the reference, Miriam was the sister of Moses.
At 08:18 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
>Well, I didn't marry either of my brothers! What else would you like to
>know?
>
>One of my half-sisters is named Miriam. Her mother was a Jew, like our
>father. Mine wasn't, so I was an outsider to both tribes. Maybe that's why I
>became a poet.
>
>Mark wrote:
>
> > Good news: she was a poet. Bad news: she married her brother.
> >
> > Do both or either explain anything about you?
> >
> > At 03:34 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
> > >Quite so! Esp. interesting in connection with Possum, and
> > his predilections.
> > >In a related story, yesterday I accidentally found out the
> > names of two of
> > >my great-grandparents: Miriam and Moses.
> > >
> > > > On Behalf Of Mark Weiss
> > > >
> > > > Wandering Jews.
> > > >
> > > > At 03:00 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
> > > > >Yep, in the Jewish cemetery -- that's in my note at
> > Poetry Daily (a
> > > > >clickable link). But I didn't know about all this reburying
> > > > -- fascinating,
> > > > >Stephen.
> > > > >
> > > > >I like the notion of the ghosts as half in the databases,
> > > > and half out --
> > > > >each caught in that purgatory.
> > > > >
> > > > > > Stephen Vincent wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If my memory serves me well, Earp is in the Jewish
> > > > > > cemetery(??). His wife was Jewish.
> > > > > > In San Francisco; two of the Jewish synagogues had cemeteries
> > > > > > in what is now Dolores Park - two blocks from where I live.
> > > > > > In 1890 or so the graves were lifted (unburied) and taken
> > > > > > down to Colma (between 5 & 10 miles away). Personally I
> > > > > > don't believe all the graves were emptied, nor the bones of
> > > > > > the Ohlone Indians that preceded the Jews. On a good day you
> > > > > > get the ghosts. The ones that no one could ever fit into
> > > > a data-base.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Earp,I believe, without going to Google, was buried in Colma
> > > > > > after the 1890 bone removal. So no local ghostly sight of a
> > > > > > Stetson bearing man - but that would be neat (I think!).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I count those ghosts among my friends - mostly!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Congratulations Rachel!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Stephen
> > > > > > http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- On Fri, 6/19/09, Mark Weiss
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: a visit to the possum (at poetry daily today)
> > > > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > > > Date: Friday, June 19, 2009, 11:00 AM
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Did they really bury Earp in his stetson? Waste of a good
> > > > hat. A hat
> > > > > > to hang a head on.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > At 01:45 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote:
> > > > > > >There are no dead pets in the poem, though, unless we want
> > > > > > to imagine Tom as
> > > > > > >Ezra's pet.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Dead poets, maybe -- dead pets, no.....
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >Catherine Daly wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > the dead pets are in Daly City, tho
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:36 AM, Rachel Loden
> > > > > > > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Dear P'etceteras,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > De-lurking briefly to say that "Dear Possum,"
> > my riff on a
> > > > > > > > few lines from
> > > > > > > > > "The Waste Land," is at Poetry Daily today:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14415
> > > > > > > > > <blocked::http://poems.com/poem.php?date=14415>
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > and will be in their archives for a year.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Back under the black waves but looking forward to summer
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > (and, I hope, being here),
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Rachel
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > http://ahsahtapress.boisestate.edu/books/loden/loden.htm
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > All best,
> > > > > > > > Catherine Daly
> > > > > > > > [log in to unmask]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> >
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