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For two minutes we gazed at each other
In curious silence.
When politeness nudged me in the shoulder,
I introduced myself:
A man, the crown of creation.
The grasshopper
Was not overwhelmed.
He kept…
Contributor:
A. Leyeles
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1937
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One day, Elijah the Prophet was walking down the road. It was a bright, sunny day. Tree branches blew softly in the wind, and small birds chirped around his head. As he walked, he began to think about…
Contributor:
Nina Jaffe
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1997
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The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you. A place that demands being…
Contributor:
Lawrence Kushner
Places:
San Francisco, United States of America
Date:
1977
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Fabius Lind’s days are running out in blood.
Red serpents of failures empty his veins.
In his head—white muddy stains. Confusion.
And a heavy load on his heart.
He could have . . .
He could have . .…
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A. Leyeles
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1937
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The old man Moshe Sefardnick sits in the rear of the place on a camp stool. There is never any work for him to do and indeed he is too old for it, too bewildered. The old man has never been able to…
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Norman Mailer
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1948
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I went under cover of night
By back streets and alleyways,
Not as one secret and ashamed
But with a natural discretion.
I passed by a boy and a girl
Embraced against the white wall
In parts of…
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Howard Nemerov
Places:
St Louis, United States of America
Date:
1950
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It was quite an adventure. The night was moonless and cool. The children had heard that demons lurk outside, ready to attack those who dare to go out on a dark night. There was also talk of corpses…
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1975
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Tobey’s Voice:I find as I grow older that I keep going back to my friendship with Willie—when we were young and happy and living in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the early years of the century…
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Samuel Nathaniel Behrman
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1958
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When I heard that Isaac Kornfeld, a man of piety and brains, had hanged himself in the public park, I put a token in the subway stile and journeyed out to see the tree. [ . . . ]
[ . . . ] On the day…
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Cynthia Ozick
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1966
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Once upon a time in a small village a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a little one-room hut. Because they were so crowded, the man and his wife often…
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Margot Zemach
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1977