Moses

Summer is waning from the gold and from the copper and violet of leaf fall in gardens, and clouds at twilight that drown in their own blood. And the garden empties, only a few stragglers, a few…

Take me in under your wing and be unto me mother and sister and let your breast be my head’s rest, home of my lonely prayers. At the hour of mercy, at sunset, list and I’ll reveal my sorrow’s root…

Hear, O Israel! Will you never tire of repeating in your prayers: “Praised be the Eternal, who avengeth my injuries, Who protecteth my rights, who supporteth me in need, Who crusheth my foes, who…

There are many riddles in life, Mounds and mounds of answers too; The wise men have many solutions, The morons have a desire for life. Once a wise man told me: “There is one essence of being, Only…

Everyone loved . . . it was a plague of infatuation, of kisses; But the people soon became quiet, the mothers were already nursing. The drum of youth was laid in the corner, and the…