Tag: night
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With the Night
With the night my silky dreams dissolved. / With the night my quiet singing stopped. / With the day, my poem arrived swimming / on the storm with a fierce echoing sound.
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A Stormy Night
My child, don’t be frightened / of the wind / that bends the trees to the earth, / of the dark that pours over all the roads, / of the rain / that beats with heavy treads on the roof / and of all, of all, that gives rise to the night, / trembling in…
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It’s This Night
It’s this night and this book and this poem I read / while being birthed, this night had heard my first scream
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Eternal Flame
Between hills and above valleys stars / glittered late into the night, and I arrived at a cottage that, / like a shriveled mushroom, / stood in the middle of the marketplace
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Evening by the River
Evening arrives at / the river’s shore in rose slippers / tells the white geese to go to sleep / and corrals a herd of stars / to bathe in the river.
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Summer
Summer, nights are round as is the moon / I love the windswept grasses and the face / of a woman / walking on silver paths deep in forest
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Shifreleh’s Portrait
On the wall, left of my bed / my daughter’s portrait hangs / frequently during the night I think of her / and see her lovely face / and hear her talk with me…
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Eclipse
Little children mischief makers / on your tip-toes come right here / let your old grandma sleep / I have a story about a bear…
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Every Day
Every day, every plain day / my blood shivers in my body / every day, every ordinary day / my blood responds to a call
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Night Songs
The night – a hungry dark dog – / as licked the red blood of the west / and quietly laid down on the earth / three crows stand on my roof and curse; / one pecks at my heart, / the heart has bloodied my way now dogs lick at my ways