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He Who Calls Himself Leader
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No one can order his face in advance And you shouldn’t throw a stone at a dog Showing its howling muzzle to the night sky. But when I think about it, Losing myself in sadness, in this night-cafe Fogg…

Contributor:

Moyshe-Leyb Halpern

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1927

Subjects:

Violence, Black-Jewish relations, Leadership, Death, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry
Jeremiah’s Lament to God
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Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me— A man of conflict and strife with all the land! I have not lent, And I have not borrowed; Yet everyone curses me. [ . . . ] O Lord, you know— Rememb…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prophets & prophecy, Leadership, Prayer & liturgy, Repentance, Violence, Poetry

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Biblical poetry, Poetry