THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 20, 1978 19
Field's 'The Tale Of the Horse' Proves His S kill as Tercet Poet
In his three earlier books,
Walter L. Field has in-
corporated his love for his
people, his devotion to Jew-
ish studies, his desire to
encourage an interest in the
study of the Bible and Jew-
ish folklore. His three pub-
lished books, "More Truth
Than Poetry," "A People's
Epic" and "A Symphony of
Threes, - were based on the
tercet form of poetic writ-
ing.
'He has turned to a sur-
prising new topic: the
horse. He explains it in his
newest book. "The Tale of
he Horse," which, like the
earlier ones, has just been
published by Lehr Book
Venture and is being dis-
tributed by Wayne State
University Press.
Two factors are evident in
this book: primarily his
Krug Hussein
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Biding His
Time; Prof
- TEL AVIV (JTA). — The
passive role of King_Hussein
of Jordan-ever since Egyp-
tian President Anwar Sadat
launched his spectacular
peace initiative last Novem-
ber has puzzled and dis--
appointed many observers.
Dr. Asher Susser, head of
the Jordanian Desk of the
Shiloah Center for Middle
Eastern and African Studies
at Tel Aviv University, be-
lieves Hussein is biding his
time.
"Any active move made
by him involving the West
Bank would also involve,
indirectly, the Palestine is-
sue," Susser explained.
"Since the Rabat Arab
summit conference of 1974
conferred responsibility for
the Palestinians solely upon
the Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization, and because Sa-
dat's initiative is still un-
popular in the Arab world
and its prospects of success
are still distant, an early
initiative by Hussein might
be' counter-productive and
self-defeating," Susser said.
"By, a premature move,
Hussein would leave himself
open to Arab accusations
that he was imposing him-
self—as the Palestinian
spokesman and that could
prevent him from assuming
such a role for a long time
to come." --
At this stage, Susser said,
Hussein's interests are safe-
guarded, at least in part, by
Sadat who 15.- geeking an
agreement that will reduce
Israel's military presence
on the West Bank and, con-
sequently, its role in that'
territory.
Ironically, Hussein's in-
terests are also protected by
Israel's steadfast appo-§Ition
to a PLO- state on the West
Bank. With a Jordanian
population 50 percent Pales-
tinian, a PLO state could
radicalize the Palestinian
sector of Jordan and threat-
en the-Hashemite rule."The
PLO state is Hussein's
greatest fear," Susser
noted. ....
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skill in tercet poetry, and
his retention of emphasis on
Scriptures as a source for
his inspiration. To prove the
latter point he commences
his new work with the fol-
lowing from Job 39:20-25:
"Can you give,to the horse
mightiness?
Can you cause it to leap like
a locust?
The dignity of its snorting is
frightful.
It paws in_the low plain and
exults in power.
It laughs at dread and is not
terrified.
Nor does it turn back on
account of a sword.
Against it a quiver rattles,
the blade of a spear and a
javelin.
With pounding and excite-
ment it swallows up the
earth.
And it .does not believe that
it is the sound of -a horn.
As. soon as the horn blows it
says Aha!
And from afar off it smells
the battle,
The uproar of chiefs, and
the war cry."
WALTER FIELD
The author's sentiments
are vital in viewing his new-
est publishing venture.
Field states in his in-
troduction:
"For uncounted years, un-
til the 19th Century, the
horse alone among domestic
animals was the world's
fastest and most reliable
means of transportation and
communication, and the
greatest source of power.
"Long before recorded
history, man displayed the
image of the horse on his
most valuable tools and
weapons and on the stone
walls of his cave."
A two-page listing of "The
Horses" that . have en-
chanted the author in pur-
suance of his tercet poet-
izing is an added mark of
uniqueness in this book.-
Richard L. Ashworth
wrote the- foreword in which
he defined his love for
horses, thereby defining the
dedication expressed so im-
plicitly by Field.
Prof. R. H. Deutch of Cal-
ifornia State University
wrote the preface in which
he paid honor to Field's skill
in tercet writing, stating:
"When Walter Field first
began writing. poetry, he
cast about for the poetic
means which would most
successfully suit with his
Nazi Diary Published in Germany
BONN --- A portion of the
diaries of Nazi propaganda
minister Joseph -Goebbels
have been published in Ger-
many, and are on the best-
seller list.
Goebbels diary for two
months in 1945 chronicle the
disintegration of Germany
- at the approaching end of
World War IL
Goebbels proclaimed his
unending loyalty for Hitler
throughout the diary, and
blamed many of his contem-
poraries for the failure of
the war. According to one
reviewer, "Goebbels had
contempt for nearly every-
one around him."
One of the few times
Goebbels expressed satis-
faction in the diary was
over the fate of the Jews.
"It's necessary to extermi-
nate these Jews like rats,
once and for all, - he wrote.
"In Germany, thank God,
we've already taken care of
that. I ,hope the world will
folloW this example."
aims. These were complex:
he wanted to make excep-
tionally strong lines to ex-
press strong matters; he
Wanted his lines to rhyme,
to be accurate historically,
clear philosophically, and
memorable to the reader.
And; above all he wanted
brevity. -
To be strong, Field's lines
had to be short, 'Sturdy stal-
lions swathed in felt.' Also,
he began to use three end-
rhymes in a row,_ quite a
feat when one is dealing
with historical matters
which entail- the use of
many proper names.. What
the poet arrived at is called
a 'triplet' or 'tercet.'
"Today, in this latest
work. all good things come
together. The historical and
factual data are there - and
are accurate. The lines
move forward, into a cohe-
rent whole. The work is
structured, informative,
strong and eloquent, and
with a new simplicity which
gives evidence of a new
mastery."
Field scoured for his
book that is also beautifully
illustrated by Sam Savitt.
He has some tercets on
"Horses in Scripture,"
which includes these :
Mount your chariots was
Pharoah's decree.
Bring the Hebrew slaves
back to me.
Horses and men drowned in
the sea. Exodus 14.
Solomon built hundreds of
stables.
Thousands of chariots dis-
played his labels.
Tales of his horse trading,
no fables. I Kings 10..
Thus, the hbrse became
the hero in a tale couched in
tercet poetry.
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Soccer Lesson from Egypt -
By HASKELL COHEN
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
DaYid Landau, the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency's Israel
bureau chief and the diplo-
matic correspondent for the
Jerusalem Post, is prob-
ably, like most Israelis, a
soccer buff. He feels-that if
the Egyptians would Soften
their attitude towards hu-
man contacts Israel would
do well to invite Egypt-'s
football champions, El-Ehli
of Cairo, to play in Tel Aviv
and possibly Jerusalem.
It is Landau's opinion,
and he is now speaking as a
soccer maven, that the
Egyptian squad would solid-
ly trounce Maccabi Tel Aviv
or Betar Tel Aviv. What's
more, Landau projects that
such conquests by the Arab
11 would shore up popular
feeling in Egypt no end and
might help the peace nego-
tiations along. This writer
has always felt that much
more can be accomplished
through the medium of
sports than across the diplo-
matic tables.
While Landau was putting
in many hours daily .in pre-
paring his releases for his
paper, he managed to watch
the El-Ehli team shlunip the
world renowned Bayern-Mu-
nich team of Germany by
putting on a tremendously
skillful exhibition that threw
the crowd of 70,000 fans in
ecstasy at the massive- Nas-
ser Stadium.
Landau believes that
when peace finally comes,
the Israeli soccer program
Will have to be accelerated
considerably in order to
cope with the onslaught of
the Egyptian football entity.
What imprespes him about
the Arabs is their soccer
fans, and what they could do
for the Israeli fans is to
teach them the meaning of
sportsmanship.
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ten become brutal and very
physical, and there have
been riots. Some of the epi-
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players by opposing team
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