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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. Read more…
About Yakov Shudrikh Yakov “Yankev” Shudrikh (1906-1943) was born in Uhniv (Hivniv / Urnav) in the Lviv (Lemberg) district, in modern Ukraine. He wrote poetry from a young age, and took part in the revolutionary movement. He co-founded the General Jewish Labor Party, and wrote for their organ Der Veg (The Way) as well as many other publications.… Read more…
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… Read more…
My Mama’s Snow It may be a mistake / but my mama’s snow / was simply white / and not like the poetic take: / green, lilac, or violet bright. Read more…
The Miser’s Place Between roads wildly overgrown, / contained by walls hunched from shame, / with hands tight-fisted as of stone / lives the miser of this place. Read more…
Hannah-Rose Sabbath after eating / her kugl luncheon, / Hanna-Rose is standing at / the mirror in the kitchen. Read more…
Warding Off the Evil Eye Talk (Folk Style) Two gals sitting on a mossy stone / gab about God, grass, and the marvel of horseradish root / which in winter hides with the worm deep in the ground / until it detects the thunder’s sound. Read more…
From the Cycle: Who Knows From Whence My Poem The linden shelters the twilight / like a leaf among its branches, / its flower enfolding the night in a bud / till dawn Read more…
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 Read more…
Golden Shoes The sun shone brightly in a festive way: / today is the king of Chelm’s birthday. / He observes from the terrace on high / if the folk with the new gift are drawing nigh. Read more…