{"id":3132713,"date":"2025-11-01T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/wood-solace-au-kurudi-kwa-mali\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:50:32","slug":"wood-solace-au-kurudi-kwa-mali","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/wood-solace-au-kurudi-kwa-mali\/","title":{"rendered":"WOOD-SOLACE, au Kurudi kwa Mali"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Na Lisa Lundeen. Mimea na Ushairi, 2023. 138 pages. $ 25 kwa karatasi.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\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-november-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nunua kutoka kwa QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kwa mtazamo wa kwanza, <em>WOOD-SOLACE, au Return to Belonging<\/em> inaonekana kama jina lisilo la kawaida kwa mkusanyiko wa picha na mashairi. Lakini mara nilipogundua kuwa mada kuu ya kitabu ni uponyaji na uponyaji huturudisha kwao, inaeleweka. Asili ni chanzo, labda chanzo bora, kwa mchakato wa uponyaji, kuanza kumaliza. Kistari katika <g id=\"gid_1\">WOOD-SOLACE<\/g> huunganisha vipande na kuviunganisha pamoja: vya kimwili, vya kijamii, na kisha vya kiroho. Kama Lisa Lundeen anavyoandika katika shairi lake la kichwa, &#8221;Mimi mwenyewe nikawa sehemu ya kuni tena, nikakaribishwa nyumbani kana kwamba sijawahi kuondoka.&#8221;    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lundeen inatoka kwa &#8221;tamaduni ya Quaker ya kukaa katika utulivu, kungojea patakatifu kukaribia.&#8221; Mhitimu wa Chuo cha Guilford na Shule ya Dini ya Earlham, anaishi Greensboro, NC, ambapo yeye ni kasisi wa afya ya kliniki. Mashairi yake yamechapishwa katika <g id=\"gid_0\">Jarida la Marafiki<\/g> na majarida mengine, pamoja na shairi la &#8221;Mimea na Ushairi&#8221; &#8211; kichwa ambacho kinaonyesha makutano ya maumbile na sanaa, haswa sanaa ya uandishi. Haya ni makutano ambayo Lundeen imetafakari kwa muda mrefu, kujua kwa karibu, na kuchorwa kwa kina, lakini sio hata kutuzuia sisi wengine kuchagua njia ya kugeukia na kuashiria njia zetu wenyewe.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ni ngumu kusema ni ipi iliyotangulia: picha au mashairi. Hilo ni jambo la kuku-na-yai. Ingawa ndoa ya aina mbili za usemi, taswira na neno, si ya kipekee, katika uwashaji wa kimawazo wa Lundeen, mchanganyiko huo unakuwa wa tawasifu kwa karibu zaidi kuliko nyingi. Ingawa mikusanyo mingi ya mashairi inaweza kufyonzwa kwa mpangilio wowote, <em>WOOD-SOLACE<\/em> inapitiwa kwa ufanisi zaidi kama kitabu cha nathari: ukurasa kwa ukurasa, mmoja baada ya mwingine, kwa mpangilio. Mlolongo huu unafuatia safari ya Lundeen ya roli katika maisha\u2014juu, chini, juu, chini. Vichwa vinne vya sehemu vinaonyesha safari hii mbovu ya kilima na mashimo: Ukiwa, Matangazo, Faraja, na Sherehe.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upigaji picha wa Lundeen umejikita katika ulimwengu wa botania. Picha zake\u2014moja kwa kila kurasa mbili zilizoenea, kila moja ikiwa kinyume na shairi linalolingana\u2014zinaonyesha hali halisi ya ulimwengu wa asili, hasa kama ilivyoonyeshwa tena katika bara la maua lakini pia kupitia nondo, nyuki, tufaha zilizoiva, maji ya vijito vinavyotoa povu, na utando wa buibui: tete lakini ni sugu, ngumu na laini, ngumu lakini ni hatari. Tunaposoma picha hizi, tunagundua kuwa ni sisi.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Na kwa hivyo tunaanza na Ukiwa, katika mwangwi wa matumaini wa awamu za maisha zinazokuja na shairi la &#8221;A Cry for Spring&#8221;: &#8221;Natamani siku za faraja \/ . . . na petals za kijani kibichi &#8230; \/ Kutuita katika vituo vyetu.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ifuatayo inaambatana na picha ya ngozi ya nyoka iliyokatwakatwa kwenye ubao wa gome la mti linalooza:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninatamani kuishi kwenye ngozi<br\/> Hiyo ni saizi ya kushikilia yangu<br\/> Sinew, mfupa, na matumaini ya kina,<br\/> Nguvu na laini kama mimi<br\/> Fanya njia yangu kupitia<br\/> Chini siku nyingine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kazi nyingi za Lundeen ni aya tupu, lakini wimbo huonekana mara moja baada ya nyingine. Miiba ya saguaro cactus inahamasisha wazo &#8221;Ikiwa sio amani, ibada yangu \/ ibada yangu na kuleta ukombozi.&#8221; Tunapoendelea kupitia sehemu za kitabu na maisha yanapanda, ushairi wake unakuwa wa kina, wa sauti zaidi, ulioundwa vizuri zaidi, na utulivu. Fikiria maoni haya kutoka kwa \u201cMwanangu Anayeongoza, Mtoto Wangu\u201d katika sehemu ya Ruminations: \u201cMtu anayeongoza ni kile kinachochota mwaloni kutoka kwa mwaloni .\u00a0.\u00a0.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tunapokaribia sehemu ya mwisho, Sherehe, mambo yanatia matumaini kwelikweli: \u201cMaelekezo Machache ya Kutafuta Njia Yako\u201d inashauri: \u201cTazama kwenye utando \/ na vumbi kwa chipukizi \/ fursa, fursa.\u201d Hatimaye, katika sehemu hiyo, yote ni sawa: \u201cKarama ya Kubariki Mwingine\u201d huanza, \u201cKubariki mwingine ni kusitawisha uhai wao\u201d na kumalizia, \u201cKubariki ni kutuma nje, kuita, kurusha uwezo, kuheshimu kuchanua, kutuliza na kukumbatia.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quakerism hapa sio neno la neno moja, lakini inasisitiza kazi zote za Lundeen, iwe ni picha zinazoonyesha heshima kwa viumbe vyote vilivyo hai, bila kujali jinsi zinavyoonekana &#8221;sahihi&#8221;, au dokezo la maneno kwa mwanga, urahisi, na uwazi. Kwa taswira ya kustaajabisha mara nyingi, Lundeen hutuhimiza, iwe tunashughulika na nyanja asilia au binadamu, kuona &#8221;uhusiano badala ya hati,&#8221; na tunapofikia kiwango hiki cha mtazamo, &#8221;unajiruhusu \/ kuwaka moto?&#8221; Soma kitabu hiki na unaweza.  <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ushairi wa Neal Burdick umechapishwa katika<\/strong> <strong><em>Jarida la Marafiki<\/em><\/strong> <strong>pamoja na maduka makubwa zaidi yasiyojulikana. Mhariri wa mashairi wa gazeti la Adirondack Mountain Club   <\/strong><strong><em>Adirondac<\/em><\/strong> <strong>, anahudhuria Mkutano wa Burlington (Vt.).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3132711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[25270],"fpb_issue_category":[25267],"class_list":["post-3132713","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitabu-vya-novemba-2025","fpb_issue_category-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WOOD-SOLACE, au Kurudi kwa Mali - Friends Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/book\/wood-solace-au-kurudi-kwa-mali\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sw_KE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMEPITIWA: WOOD-SOLACE, au Kurudi kwa Mali\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Na Lisa Lundeen. 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