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Tag Archives: Israeli Poetry
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: GILI HAIMOVICH
AND THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT SOFTNESS By Gili Haimovich People are still flirting with trying to look younger, to make each other laugh. Their existence is softened by the luxuries of having some time, some needs, met. People are still eager, … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: ALEX BEN-ARI
I ASK FORGIVENESS By Alex Ben-Ari Translated by Vivan Eden I ask forgiveness of all the poems Born misshapen because of my desire to write them I ask forgiveness of all the people Whose lives were disrupted by my desire … Continue reading
Posted in Alex Ben-Ari, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Israeli Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, Nature Poetry, Poetry, poetry in translation, Poetry International, poetry review, poetry reviews, Spiritual Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: DECENCY
From DECENCY By Marcela Sulak: selections from SOLIDARITY vi. Virginity It’s not that you get tired, it’s that it starts to be the only thing, starts to disappear you. Your parents phone you at college to ask: how is your … Continue reading
Posted in Marcela Sulak, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Advocacy Poetry, American Poetry, Biblical Poetry, book-length poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Feminist Poetry, History, International Poetry Review, Israeli Poetry, Midrashic Poetry, Motherhood Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, Poetry, Poetry International, Poetry on Race, poetry review, poetry reviews, Political Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: RIVER ELECTRIC WITH LIGHT
From RIVER ELECTRIC WITH LIGHT By Sarah Wetzel: A WORSHIP OF RIVERS If I must choose a word for you, let it be river. Not the river’s smoothed banks that, like skin, give form to breath and blood, the throb … Continue reading
Posted in Sarah Wetzel, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged American Poetry, Biblical Poetry, book-length poetry, Confessional Poetry, contemporary poetry, Current Events Poetry, Israeli Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, Poetry, Poetry & Art, Poetry International, Poetry of Faith, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, poetry reviews, Political Poetry, Religious Poetry, Spiritual Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: YEHUDA AMICHAI
AN ARAB SHEPHERD IS SEARCHING FOR HIS GOAT ON MOUNT ZION By Yehuda Amichai An Arab shepherd is searching for his goat on Mount Zion And on the opposite hill I am searching for my little boy. An Arab shepherd … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series, Yehuda Amichai
Tagged Biblical Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Israeli Poetry, Love Poetry, Motivational Poetry, Narrative Poetry, Peace Poetry, Poetry, poetry in translation, Poetry International, Poetry of Faith, Poetry on Race, poetry review, poetry reviews, Political Poetry, Religious Poetry, resistance poetry, Spiritual Poetry, translation poetry, war poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: OLAM, SHANA, NEFESH
From OLAM SHANA NEFESH By Jane Medved: SIRENS They think it is the young girls singing you see, we pull them to us as smoothly as oiled rope uncurls into golden braids. It only takes a few minutes before everything … Continue reading
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Tagged book-length poetry, contemporary poetry, Israeli Poetry, Midrashic Poetry, moves in contemporary poetry, Narrative Poetry, Persona Poetry, Poetry, Poetry International, Poetry of Faith, poetry review, poetry reviews, Religious Poetry, Sensual Poetry, Spiritual Poetry
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KAREN ALKALAY-GUT
By Karen Alkalay-Gut: HER STORY I have never been able to tell her story Sometimes it escapes me, sometimes I am not sure It could really have happened, sometimes I read Different accounts of her demise, or a paragraph From … Continue reading
Posted in Karen Alkalay-Gut, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Biblical Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, contemporary poetry, Holocaust, Holocaust literature, Holocaust Poetry, Inspirational Poetry, Israeli Poetry, Love Poetry, nostalgic poetry, Peace Poetry, Poetry, Poetry International, Poetry of Loss, poetry review, Political Poetry, resistance poetry, war poetry
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