On the Brink of Catastrophe
...This subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry
So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three
For the first time in its modern history
Israel is on the brink of internal catas...
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Categories:
menachem begin, anxiety, conflict, how i
Form: Couplet
He Won My Affection
...Menachem Begin, for 28 years sat on Parliament's back bench
Israeli pundits confident he had dug himself a deep trench
He shocked the world in '76 when his party won the election
Said grace ...
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Categories:
menachem begin, hero, jewish, leadership, prayer,
Form: Clerihew
World War Ii Poems and Holocaust Poems - Vi - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
...World War II Poems and Holocaust Poems - VI - Chaim Nachman Bialik, Erich Fried
After My Death
by Chaim Nachman Bialik
translation by Michael R. Burch
Say this when you eulogize me:
Here wa...
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Categories:
menachem begin, holocaust, race, racism, truth,
Form: Free verse