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The Ass’s Complaint
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Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull! I live in rubble…

Contributor:

Samuel Archevolti

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Animals, Food and drink, Violence, Ethics, Allegory

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
Praise of the Woman’s Body
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Ah, you are fair, my darling, Ah, you are fair. Your eyes are like doves Behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats Streaming down Mount Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Climbi…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Hellenistic Period, 4th–2nd Century BCE

Subjects:

Love, Sexuality, Animals, Food and drink, Aesthetics

Categories:

History, Lists & Catalogues, Biblical Poetry, Literature, Poetry
The Red Heifer
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It happened on a Saturday night at the end of summer. Reuven and his household were sitting at twilight and enjoying their heifer. His youngest were patting her, the older were praising her. The…

Contributor:

Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Animals, Violence, Sacrifice, Food and drink

Categories:

Literature, Fiction
I Speak to You Openly, My Child
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(Short Poems in Prose)

Contributor:

Yosef Kirman

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Parenthood, Christian-Jewish relations, Food and drink, Animals

Categories:

Poetry, Literature