On the Wings of a Swan

This remembrance is based on stories I was told over many years about how my mother and father met and how their love grew during the terrible war years. I had read and translated my mother’s journal and also my father’s poetry and on a visit to their home an ancient muse came over me and I was impelled to write out their story from a folk tale perspective. There is a Swan Lake in the city we lived and the swan became the mythological connection of their love.

My father's poetry book, Path and Goal, and my mother's journal, I Am Always With You, became the inspiration for this version of their love story.