{"id":3121738,"date":"2024-04-01T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/babeli\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:21:19","slug":"babeli","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/babeli\/","title":{"rendered":"Babeli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Na Jeffrey L. Johnson. Fernwood Press, 2023. Kurasa 78. $ 16 kwa karatasi.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/friends-journal-selections-april-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kitabu cha mashairi cha Jeffrey Johnson <em>Babeli<\/em> kinamchukua msomaji wake katika safari kupitia njia na njia za uhamisho. Huu sio uhamisho wa nyakati za zamani: ule wa kukaa chini karibu na maji na kulia kwa kupoteza nyumba. Ni uhamisho wa hali yetu ya sasa: ambapo mambo ni tofauti sana na yale ambayo hapo awali yalionekana kuwa hata hatuwezi kujua wazi kile ambacho tumepoteza.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shairi la ufunguzi, &#8221;Mfalme,&#8221; linasonga bila mshono kutoka kwa sura ya jogoo wa karibu, kuku wanaotawala na kutawala wanaotumaini &#8221;chini,&#8221; hadi kuwaonyesha wanadamu wanaotamani &#8221;kutafuta njia ya kutoka kifungoni&#8221; kupitia shaman, makuhani, gurus, na yogis &#8211; hata kupitia &#8221;wanasayansi ya kijamii&#8221; &#8211; na kufungiwa kwa udhalili wa &#8221;jamii&#8221; ambaye kuna uwezekano wa &#8221;kupumua \/ kifua chake na kuwika na jua.&#8221; Shairi hili linatunga kwa ustadi na ustadi hali yetu ya juu sana: sehemu inayozunguka na inayoinama ya maisha yetu ya kisasa ambapo watu wenye nguvu hupata upendeleo miongoni mwa wapiga kura, na kubadilisha sura zao kunakuwa kawaida sana hivi kwamba hatuwezi kuona kilicho juu au chini. Yetu ni hali ya baada ya kisasa, exilic kweli.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mashairi ya Johnson yamezama zamani\u2014katika marejeleo ya kibiblia na kihistoria, katika sehemu zilizosimuliwa kutoka nyakati za kale\u2014lakini lugha yao na mtazamo wao ni wa kina wa wakati wetu. Yazungumza kuhusu hali ambayo ni mpya ajabu, hata hivyo madokezo ya Wimbo wa Simeoni, utekwa wa Babiloni, Gaza, na Yerusalemu yageuza mambo hayo ya kale kuwa mageni na yaliyo mbali zaidi. Kutenguka huku kwaweza kuacha aina ya \u201cladha ya risasi\u201d kinywani mwa mtu, au nafsi kwa jambo hilo, kama Johnson anavyoliweka katika shairi la mwisho la kitabu, \u201cQuestion for Exile,\u201d kumfanya mtu ahisi \u201cuchungu,\u201d makovu, na kutobolewa. Lakini hapo ndipo tunapojikuta katika robo ya kwanza ya karne ya ishirini na moja, hasa sisi tuliojizatiti katika maisha ya kiroho, hata kama msingi wake ulivyoonekana kufagiliwa na wimbi lililopungua.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ingawa uhamisho ni mada ya kuamuru kwa mkusanyiko huu, kwa hakika kuna mashairi ambayo yanazungumzia masharti mengine. Kuna matumaini, kwa mfano, katika &#8221;Dini katika Amerika,&#8221; ambayo inapingana na &#8221;Nambari na takwimu&#8221; kuhusu jumuiya za imani zinazopungua nchini Marekani kwa &#8221;busu la pumzi ya mtoto \/ kwenye shavu la babu,&#8221; tendo rahisi la upendo na uhusiano ambao huleta matumaini na hutukumbusha kuendelea kwa familia katikati ya kupungua. Katika \u201c <em>Nunc Dimittis<\/em> ,\u201d msemaji anageuza tisho la \u201cnor\u2019easter\u201d kuwa fursa ya kuacha ratiba ya asubuhi na \u201ckuimba katika siku ya kupumzika kwa nyimbo \/ katika sehemu nne kwenye piano.\u201d \u201cUnapotoka Nyumbani\u201d hutukumbusha kwamba kwenda nje na kutazama ulimwengu wa asili\u2014bata, katika shairi hili\u2014sikuzote huleta mshangao, na taji la ndege huwa \u201cpompadour.\u201d \u201cRudi Hapa, Kijana\u201d inatupa picha ya Corky, \u201cmbwa bora zaidi wa maisha [ya mzungumzaji].\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bado, sauti ya jumla ya kitabu hiki, ingawa si maridadi kabisa, ni mshangao ulionyamazishwa katika ulimwengu ambao tumerithi\/kujenga\/kupata papa hapa, hivi sasa, ambapo, kama shairi la kichwa cha kitabu hicho linavyodhihaki: &#8221;Kuna huzuni zaidi ya kutosha \/ kuzunguka.&#8221; Huku tukiomboleza hali hii ya mambo ambayo mara nyingi hukatisha tamaa, mashairi haya yanaturudisha kwenye tambiko, sherehe, ufahamu, na asili kama dawa ya kukata tamaa. Hata huko Babeli, ambapo kuna huzuni nyingi, daima kuna wale ambao:  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">na zawadi kwa ajili yake, fanya mazoezi<br\/> wanahisi kimya chini ya mchanga,<br\/> chini ya malisho na mizabibu, juu<br\/> msongamano wa dunia na bati, midundo<br\/> kurudia kutoka kwa ngozi ya ngoma,<br\/> rippling kwa mafuriko wadis jangwa na loweka<br\/> mipasuko ya akili zetu za kibinadamu.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wasomaji watapata mengi ya kupendeza katika kitabu hiki cha mashairi. Huenda hakuna faraja rahisi hapa, lakini kuna uhakikisho kwamba unatazama ukweli usoni. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James W. Hood alistaafu kazi yake ndefu ya kufundisha fasihi ya Kiingereza na uandishi katika Chuo cha Guilford. Yeye ni mshiriki wa Mkutano wa Urafiki huko Greensboro, NC (Mhafidhina wa Mkutano wa Kila Mwaka wa North Carolina). Anatumia muda mwingi sasa katika warsha kutengeneza fanicha maalum na kutembea kwenye njia za misitu kila inapowezekana.  <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3094308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[9920,10131],"fpb_issue_category":[10309],"class_list":["post-3121738","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapitio-ya-kitabu-cha-quaker","category-vitabu-vya-aprili-2024","fpb_issue_category-aprili-2024"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mapitio ya Sanaa ya Ukombozi: Kwa Nini Tunahitaji Elimu ya Sanaa huria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Soma mapitio yetu ya &quot;Babylon&quot; ya Jeffrey L. Johnson. Gundua mkusanyiko wa mashairi ambayo yanachunguza mada za uhamisho, kuhamishwa na matumaini. Imekaguliwa na James W. 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