Disappeared! What happened? Because I admire her poems, I've been trying to find out for years ... according to some people she became a Sufi. Others say she entered a closed order. Others imagine her footloose and anonymous, travelling the wide world. In any event, no trace of her seems to survive - apart from the writing she left behind.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker discusses the mysterious disappearance of a fellow poet and speculates on her various possible fates.
- In plain terms
- We do not know what happened to her; people guess many things but she is gone.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge that some people disappear without leaving traces.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What happens to an artist who vanishes?
- How do we honor the absent?
Another view
It romanticizes disappearance rather than addressing potential harm.
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