Creator Bio
Myra Sklarew
1934–2024
Myra Sklarew was born in Baltimore. She was an author of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, and was professor emerita of literature at American University and former president of the Yaddo artists’ community. Sklarew was a recipient of the National Jewish Book Council Award in Poetry.
Content by Myra Sklarew
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Lithuania
Myra Sklarew
…I remember a woman
who sat on the pot where the apples cooked in the cold
basement, her face black from smoke. And here, near this brick
building with a red tile roof, is one of our family, Mausha
V…
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Head of the Year
Myra Sklarew
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…