Creator Bio
Ronny Someck
b. 1951
A poet, creative-writing teacher, and community activist, Ronny Someck was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel as a young child. His first book of poetry, Golah (Exile), was published in 1976. Someck has collaborated with many artists, including the American jazz musician Elliott Sharp.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Solo Arak
Black ants crawl over nicotine-stained fingertips
dipping a mint leaf into the glass.
The alcohol dismantles Abd al-Wahab’s
“Cleopatra.”
Now all is clear
solo violin
solo flute
solo oud
we’re…
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The Poverty Line
As if you could draw a line and say: below this there’s poverty.
Here’s the bread that turned black in the colorations
Of cheap makeup
And the olives in their little plate
Atop the cloth over the…