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The Dark Ages are looming. Do you hear, feel it, person of feeling,
The whisper of the dust slowly creeping, the distant smell of Sulphur?—
And that anguish fading in the air, the heart and the…
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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1913
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People like to get something for their money, doing business is entertainment as well, and indeed there would be precious little fun to be got out of life in Polana if it were not so. It is equally…
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Ivan Olbracht
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1937
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My restlessness is of a wolf, and of a bear my rest,
Riot shouts in me, and boredom listens.
I am not what I want, I am not what I think,
I am the magician and I’m the magic-trick.
I am an ancient…
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Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919
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God relented. And the whispered prayers of the toiler returned not empty, and the tears of the sower reached to heaven.
With great, with manifold mercy the windows of heaven were flung open, flung…
Contributor:
Moshe Stavi
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Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1930
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With you, it is not impossible to define
creatures and things with the simplicity
of the fish whose scales streak the sea with blue and gold,
Or of the sea itself that swells with the gracefulness of…
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César Tiempo
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1933
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A late crescent drips, its blood still red,
And the tranquil grasses of the night
Bend their small heads, one upon another,
Slumbering, arm beneath cheek,
In its peaceful light.
A weary wanderer…
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Jacob Fichman
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Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1929
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Arise, shine, for thy light is come,
Shake thyself from the dust
Unlock the lock on your neck
Be saved from your enemy.
Awaken, get out of thy exile
Rise up from your degradation
Wake up from your…
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Aharon Sason
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Baghdad, British Mandate Iraq
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
1929
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Who cares if eternity won’t know me,
if no one ever watches my footsteps—
but now, right now, when hearts are burning,
I come with fists in my song.
Of course I’d like to sing myself away,
to cry…
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Izi Charik
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1930
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My heart is with your dews, homeland,
At night, above fields of nettles
And to the scent of cypresses and wet thistle
A hidden wing shall I spread out.
Soft sand-cradles are your roads
Spread out…
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Esther Raab
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1923
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With gentle fingers
The rain is softly
Playing sad melodies
On the black instrument of night.
We are sitting in the darkness,
Each in his own house
(The children have fallen asleep)
Listening…
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David Vogel
Places:
Vienna, First Austrian Republic
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1923