Embroidered Colony of Love is a precious gift, a testament to the enduring nature of love. Palitachi's urgent poems are a call to immediate action, a plea to rescue it from oblivion. She skillfully embroiders two lovers into the vibrant fabric of the present, reminding us of the heart's unique ability to endure pain, a message that echoes through the ages. While love is one of the most complex topics to approach in poetry, as we risk imprecision and vacuity, Palitachi rises above any doldrum and proves that love is both a noun and a verb and that it is mundane and sacred simultaneously. Her most salient reminder is that love is the Esperanto that can bring us down from the Babel Tower and into a profound sense of shared humanity, a theme that transcends time and generations. Palitachi draws inspiration from Emily Dickinson and her renowned tender approach to love. However, she infuses this influence with a fresh perspective. Love, for Palitachi, is the carefully wrapped parcel she sends to us through each emotion and each line of Embroidered Colony, creating a new canon, a collection free from ambiguity. Unlike Dickinson's letters, Palitachi's poetry sets out with urgency and certainty, leaving no room for doubt. Her love is alive and public, and we are the 'admiring bog' contemplating it, invited to be part of this public display of affection. Like Dickinson's, Palitachi's love is complex, passionate, and evocative. However, unlike the unfulfilled romantic relationship with Judge Otis Phillips Lord, Palitachi boldly claims the right to love later in life. "For love knows no boundaries, no societal decree, in each other's arms, they found the affection meant to consume."
She reminds us that love is still love "Even if No one consumes it." She carves in us, like Rodin's kiss immortalizing love:
"So let us cherish the inside of a kiss, for it's a gateway to a world of eternal bliss."
Let's receive Embroidered Colony as a gift!
MARIANELA MEDRANO, Ph.D. -Author of Rooting, and other books.
