the Jewish couple
...The Jewish couple
I have written about this before, but somehow
didn't get it right
My perceived brusqueness made them think of Cracow,
they had fled, their relatives lost in the turbulence
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Categories:
cracow, age, allah, allusion, beauty,
Form: ABC
Holocaust Poem: 93 Daughters of Israel
...Ninety-Three Daughters of Israel
a Holocaust poem by Chaya Feldman
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
We washed our bodies
and cleansed ourselves;
we purified our souls
and ...
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Categories:
cracow, daughter, death, god, holocaust,
Form: Free verse
The Bridge
...O! I must walk the hidden span
That Generously embraces ‘Here’ and ‘There’,
And it is made of Glass, of Glass Impermanent.
My very misted breath, exhaled, is not enough
To show it visible
To ...
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Categories:
cracow, angst, courage, grief, loss,
Form: Free verse
The Old Jewish Couple
...The Old Jewish Couple
I have written about this before but somehow didn’t get it right
my perceived brusqueness made them think of Cracow they
had fled and all the relatives lost in the turbule...
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Categories:
cracow, abuse, angst, holocaust,
Form: Blank verse
Cracow
...Sell a windy day let the sun stay walk among the gardens a small price to pay, go out and catch the moon there you'll find your golden rune a creature in the dark controls your every thought silence ...
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Categories:
cracow, fantasyday,
Form: Prose Poetry