By Shereen Akhtar
In our first house-let in London, she drew on the tablecloth to create
a calligraphic feast. Our friends…
a calligraphic feast. Our friends…
Explore Poems: Judaism
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- By Charles ReznikoffIn a world where each man must be of use
and each thing useful, the rebellious Jews
light not one light… - By Charles ReznikoffThe Jewess, Hadassah, takes the name of the moon-goddess, Esther;
her kinsman, Mordecai, whatever his… - By Charles ReznikoffThis was a season of our fathers' joy:
not only when they gathered grapes and the fruit of trees
in Israel… - By Chana BlochOn the holiest day we fast till sundown.
I watch the sun stand still
as the horizon edges toward it. Four… - By Carlie HoffmanLight sheds its skin in the poplars,
Earth’s soldiers wielding the dark, bats emerging
like machinery… - By Gabrielle Joy Lessanskaddish tore a boulevard through bird lung
say hyssop sing thirst… - By Gloria Gervitzin the migrations of red carnations where songs burst from long-beaked birds
and apples rot before the… - By Bert MeyersRabbi of condiments,
whose breath is a verb,
wearing a thin beard
and a white robe;
you who are pale… - By Luke KennardAn extremely hubristic, unflattering, and accurate self-portrait, this episode saw Halberg in direct…
- By A. M. KleinA prowler in the mansion of my blood!
I have not seen him, but I know his signs.
Sometimes I hear him… - By Robert AlterFor the lead player, for the Korahites, on the alamoth a song.
God is a shelter and strength for us… - By Komal MathewA good shepherd is a wonder in contrapposto, an artist
mapping the Serengeti with kingdom lines.
A … - By Justin Phillip ReedViolation
Wildflowered up the dreams of my captors,
Decorous men, half-moon bedded in my bloodstream… - By Sass Sassoon BrownThere is a cistern
on the synagogue’s roof
and a drain pipe in the wall
leading to a small basement… - By Susan StewartWho are you? Where are you hiding?
Were you thrown,
tumbling through space,
aleatory,
radiant, only… - By Shane McCraeThe hastily assembled angel thinks
He must be more like God than people are
Especially because he … - By Peter ColeFucked art thou, with luck, o reader within the palace within the palette within the impatience within…
- By Bev YockelsonOn this night
I remember Nachshon
who was not Moses who
walked into the Red Sea
and called for God
to… - By Geraldine ClarksonThe Queen of Sheba packed fenugreek,
turmeric, milled cardamom, desiccated
coconut, sweet almond oil…