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Behold her blood flows in my blood,
Behold her voice within me sings—
Raḥel the herder of Laban’s sheep,
Raḥel—mother’s mother.
And so the house is too constricting for me
And the city—alien,
For…
Contributor:
Rakhel (Rachel Bluwstein)
Places:
Kevutsat Degania, Mandate Palestine (Deganya Alef, Israel)
Date:
1927
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Who is to blame that I don’t see your tree,
Garden in snow, my garden in snow.
Who is to blame that I don’t see your tree—
When a woman goes out for a stroll in your snow,
Her bosom rising and…
Contributor:
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1930
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I too wish to marry a desperate housewife
Blur my way into her house with the evening light
The aromas of salad and an omelet cooking
To live in the shade of her becoming
To have her raise me like…
Contributor:
Agi Mishol
Places:
Gedera, Israel
Date:
1991
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With evening a whistle. Again the sweating store room
opens its throat wide, and we march out in formation
worn down by the heat wave and a day so long:
hard working soldier-women.
And why should…
Contributor:
Ella Amitan
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1945
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This is a night of vigil for me,
in the shudder of my soul
I shall conceal
the secret of my youth.
I shall stand on guard:
No sleep nor slumber!
And in just one moment
the veil was taken away.
A…
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Bat-Hamah
Date:
1954
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Sheltered by a crimson awning,
All alone, his slaves dismissed,
A lord is bidding farewell fondly
To a black-browed odalisque.
“Sarah, houri of the prophet,
My sunshine, comfort, strength, delight…
Contributor:
Afanasy Fet
Places:
Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1847
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1790
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In honor of Jacob’s daughter who was raped by Ben ḤamorWhy should you weep my sister Ruḥamah,Why are you downcast, why does your spirit quiver,And why have your rosy cheeks wilted?Because raiders…
Contributor:
Judah Leib Gordon
Places:
Russian Empire (Lithuania, Lithuania)
Date:
1881
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The little sons of Abraham took shells
And floated boats made out of mother-pearl;
Then Isaac leaned in fear on Ishmael.
And mournfully sang the two black swans
Quite gloomy notes…
Contributor:
Else Lasker-Schüler
Places:
Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913
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Queen Esther said to herself What is there to fear? We move in our orbits like the stars.
But in the night looking at the black fields and river she could not help thinking of Vashti’s white cheeks…
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Charles Reznikoff
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1917