Moving Lights

Meir Wieseltier

1973

At the close of Independence Day 1972
a biplane plane rose
in the Tel-Aviv sky at dusk
and on its belly
moving lights flashed:
   For health and pleasure eat plenty of poultry
   Eat as you should with Deli Chicken Goods
In a small café
on Dizengoff between Nordau Boulevard
and the Northern Police station
(topped by a seven-branched menora and a…
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Meir Wieseltier

1941–2023
Meir Wieseltier was a poet, editor, essayist, and Hebrew translator. He was born in Moscow and immigrated to Israel at the age of eight. An important figure among the group known as the Tel Aviv Poets, he was a founder of the literary magazine Siman keriah. Wieseltier was poetry editor at Am Oved Publications, and he was awarded the Israel Prize in 2000.

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