Thank you so much for the information that the semi-colon can be read as a question mark in Greek. I love the layer your reading affords of thinking about the uncanniness of singular and plural and the poem being about analogies as well. I'm going to add those notes to the margin in my book.
I agree. I read marriage and divorce as another possible layer of meaning as well. Stallings often writes about relationships, and marital strife and it feels like a meaning she would intend.
Thank you so much for the information that the semi-colon can be read as a question mark in Greek. I love the layer your reading affords of thinking about the uncanniness of singular and plural and the poem being about analogies as well. I'm going to add those notes to the margin in my book.
Great commentary. I enjoyed this poem.
The language in this poem is so good. The different ways it is being interpreted is compelling.
Nice one! I think that’s definitely a valid reading, especially if that “cleaving” is an intentional Genesis/vows allusion.
I agree. I read marriage and divorce as another possible layer of meaning as well. Stallings often writes about relationships, and marital strife and it feels like a meaning she would intend.