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With devout accents, the beautiful Hebrew woman
Implored the exalted choirs for their grace,
Indeed, midst heavenly stars, in sacred fires,
She holds supreme minds happily in her grip:
Upon the sound…
Contributor:
Sarra Copia Sullam
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
1623
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This evening I met the daughter of the poet Haim Guri
I think, somewhat important in this country,
And she’s a twenty-year-old welfare officer.
At first we just spoke of average stuff,
But then when…
Contributor:
Erez Biton
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1979
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The one who whispers in automobiles
Causes streetlamps to tremble with thanksgiving as he kneels
And brings their harsh hauteur low as they boast
At the hour of perfect darkness
At the height of the…
Contributor:
Haviva Pedaya
Places:
Beersheba, Israel
Date:
1996
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To the Conductor: A song of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
the firmament tells His handiwork.
Day on day utters speech,
night on night announces knowledge.
There is no speech and…
Contributor:
Jacqueline Osherow
Places:
Salt Lake City, United States of America
Date:
1999
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the poem is ugly & they make it uglier
wherein the power resides
that duncan did—or didn’t—understand
when listening that evening to the other poet read
he said “that was pure ugliness” & oh it was
i…
Contributor:
Jerome Rothenberg
Places:
San Diego, United States of America
Date:
1989
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In the city of Warsaw such a long time ago
Two hundred children stand lined row on row
With their freshly washed faces and freshly washed clothes
The children of Poland who never grow old
In the…
Contributor:
Si Kahn
Places:
Charlotte, United States of America
Date:
1985
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This late seventeenth-century manuscript contains a full copy of the text of the Ardashir-nāmah (The Book of Ardashir/Ahasuerus), an epic poem by the fourteenth-century Jewish Persian writer Shāhin-i…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1680
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World, they say it is your birthday,
a thousand years for each day of genesis
and we are using you up. But they have promised
that the next one will be better.
Oh End of Days, with your new earth
a…
Contributor:
Myra Sklarew
Places:
Washington, United States of America
Date:
1976
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Out of being torn apart
comes art.
Out of being split in two
comes me and you. HA HA!
Out of being torn in three
comes a logical poetry. (She laughed but not at poetry.)
Out of the essential…
Contributor:
David Shapiro
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
2002
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The sunset grew bold: it insisted on staying
In the Red Sea at night, when the innocent pink
Young fawns delicately make their way
Downhill to the palace of water to drink.
They leave their silken…
Contributor:
Abraham Sutzkever
Places:
Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1949