Jennifer Ebeling<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/December" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>December</span></a> 10, 1891<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OTD</span></a> Leonie &quot;Nelly&quot; Sachs, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poet</span></a>, is born.</p><p>In 1940, she fled to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sweden</span></a> where she lived the rest of her life. She was a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Poignant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Poignant</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Voice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Voice</span></a> for her fellow <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jews</span></a>.</p><p>In <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Chorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chorus</span></a> of Comforters, she wrote,</p><p>No <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Herb" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Herb</span></a> may be <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Transplanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Transplanted</span></a><br />From <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Yesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Yesterday</span></a> to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Tomorrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tomorrow</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Sage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sage</span></a> has faded in the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cradles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cradles</span></a>--<br /><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Rosemary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rosemary</span></a> lost its <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Scent" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Scent</span></a> facing the new <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Dead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Dead</span></a>--<br />Even <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wormwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wormwood</span></a> was only bitter yesterday.</p><p>We are <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gardeners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gardeners</span></a> who have no <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Flowers</span></a><br />&amp; <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Stand" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Stand</span></a> upon a shining <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Star" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Star</span></a><br />&amp; <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Weep" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Weep</span></a>.</p>