Eine neue Romantik zieht sich durch die sozialen Medien. In ungeschönten Videos trägt Whitney Hanson ihre Gedichte vor und berührt damit eine Seite in mir und der Welt, welche sonst nicht so in den Instagram Trends wiedergespiegelt wird. Im Zentrum ihres Schaffens stehen Gedichte die den kollektiven Herzschlag mit Themen berührt, die uns alle verbinden – den Schmerz des Verlustes, die Komplexität der Liebe und den nuancenreichen Tanz des Lebens.
Selten habe ich Sehnsucht und Liebeskummer in einem Social Media Post so sehr gefühlt.
Wie Whitney Hanson mein Herz berührt
In English we say:
“I can’t stop thinking about you.”
In poetry we say:
“I know we’ve only just met and I don’t mean to move too fast, but I couldn’t sleep last night because I don’t know your middle name or how you take your coffee and for some reason there’s nothing in the world I would like to know more except maybe how your hair looks when it’s messy in the morning and what makes you laugh until you cry or what makes you laugh when you’re crying. Either or both or all of those facts would be fine, and I know we only just met and I don’t mean to move too fast, but I couldn’t focus this morning because I need to know your preference in takeout food and the dreams you’d never say out loud but secretly wish to come true and if I were to buy you flowers would you want them to be blue and I know we only just met and I don’t mean to move too fast but suddenly your voice is in my head playing on repeat and I’ll probably never say this out loud and I should probably get some sleep it’s just that suddenly everything that’s significant to you is significant to me.”
In ihren eigenen Worten
Und noch ein Gedicht für mein sentimentales Herz:
In English we say:
“I miss you.”
In poetry we say:
“I’m sitting here waiting,
as each day fades,
into the next,
for you to absorb me,
with shy hands,
so flexed,
my heart beats a dance,
softer than ballet,
flash me your smile,
like the break of day.”