Introduction
Pauletta Hansel is known as a modern writer, a skilled and talented teacher. She seems to be involved into the art from the very childhood and being a young girl she published her poems in the local magazines. Pauletta Hansel contributed to the development of modern art a lot. She gained recognition for her successful and interesting poems which compulsory should be read by everyone. The writer is also known as teacher and art administrator. Her administrative work in art involves everyone who is interested in Pauletta’s writing. Paulette Hansel got used to read her poems in public in order to transfer her emotions and the mood of her poems to the people for them to understand the real sense of her art.
Pauletta is the author of special programs for girls and women. She always tries to communicate with the female members of her club and listen to their flow of thoughts, troubles and interests. Communication with them inspires her for writing new and interesting works; even if these women are not writers they always have some useful information and interesting stories to retell. Almost all her works are based on the women’s feelings and perceptions of the world.
Main body
The first book written by Pauletta Hansel is called “Divining”. This collection of Pauletta’s masterpieces helped her to realize the dream of her life. She managed to reflect the history of her personal life and the art involvement in the content of this book. These poems are the collection of divining words which show the inner world of the author. Reading or listening to her poems means to fill the aim of her art. This book reflects all sufferings of the author and events she faced during her lifetime. The feeling of being abandoned, the sufferings because of the death of close friends and grave difficulties which Pauletta had to overcome are described in this book. It is very difficult and almost impossible to remain indifferent to this personality and really a strong-willed woman after reading her poems.
Such works as “First Person”, “Forgiveness”, ”What I carry”, “The Edge” and many other poems written at the period between 1995-2000 are included into the book “Divining”.
“First Person” differs from all other poems of outstanding poets by its unique character. All the authors got used to write from the third person describing some familiar for them things and events. This very poem is a kind of Pauletta’s stuck with herself. She addresses the audience and readers to stick with her poems in order to be completely involved into its deep sense; she compares the process of sticking with the feeling of being given the best of cobwebs caught on a black cushion. The poem really divines by usage of unerringly right words showing complete involvement of the poet and reflecting her experience, the state of her soul. Readers cannot but be surprised by her manner of writing presented in this work. It allows everyone to understand easily the sense which Pauletta Hansel wanted to transfer on the reader. “First Person” is very impressive and emotional poem allowing people to read between the lines and realize the meaning of the title and the poem in general.
“February” is one more significant and emotional poem of Pauletta Hansel. She make the reader dive into the depth of harmony with the nature describing the mysterious and magic character of the February. By this she tries to represent the emotional state of everyone during this period of year.
“February days so quiet,
you hear your blood inside your veins.”
The theme of nature presented in this poem changes the atmosphere and makes it unusual and strange as if being somewhere far away and forgetting ordinary life and problems. This wok brings relaxation to the reader and informs about the periodic character of this process. Pauletta Hansel calls everyone not to miss the chance to admire this time from year to year and to spend it with an admirable pleasure.
“Every year there has to be a February,
every year, a sinking down.
You might as well use February in its time.”
“Forgiveness” is one more beautiful poem of the book collection which surprises by its sincere character and deep sense. One can compare this work only with clear, magic and light water which covers you providing with additional feelings and emotions. This poem describes the existence of the love eternity and the ability of people to follow this feeling during the whole life. Honest and powerful character of the poem involves the reader into the atmosphere of bright emotions; sad mood of some words helps to understand that it was written with great desire to show the soul and heart sufferings of the author.
Conclusion
Personal involvement into the literature always inspires and provides with positive feelings. One cannot but admire the realistic and mysterious character of the Pauletta Hansel’s works. They really disclose her open-minded and frank character, make people believe and trust her and involve into another world of new emotions of life which cannot be easily reached in our ordinary life. It is very important to visit all the public meetings with this author as it can help to get some new and unknown life experience.
References
Hansel, Pauletta. Divining. 2002.